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Well, I have had my Ball Pythons for about 2 months now, they are captive hatched ones and I heard a lot of people talking about parasites in CH snakes. So I watched some videos and the only thing they talked about was looking at making sure the snake poop was solid. Well my balls feed on frozen hoppers flawless and their poop is solid with some hair in it. So in that sense I would say they are good to go. Is there anything else I can look for before I add these snakes into my collection room and possibly infect my other snakes?

Thanks in advance.

To be sure there are no parasites you can take a poo to a vet to have it checked. Make sure it is as fresh as possible.

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only way to check for internal parasites is taking a fresh poop sample to a vet for a fecal test. Nearly all internal parasites common in reptiles are not visible to the naked eye. Larger parasites may not show up in poop either but their eggs do, hence a vet examining your snake's poop is the only way to know for sure if he has any parasites or not.

Quarantine of new snakes is also recommended to ensure new snakes don't have pathogens (viruses etc.) which could infect your established collection. As you seem to be doing this already by keeping your CH babies separate from the rest of your collection, now its just a matter of getting a fecal done. Though if you house your snakes separately and take care in not using the same cleaning items for all the cages (or at least sterilize after each cleaning) spread of internal parasites not as easy as it is with external (ie mites and ticks) parasites.
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