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Photos below are from a fecal float of a healthy acting black rat snake. She was prophylactically treated with panacure and flagyl a year ago. There was also moderate growth of pinworms.

We use frozen mice, and I suspect this is a mite of some type passed along from the mice. Any thoughts?

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"I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully."
Governor George W. Bush, Jr.

"Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us."
Calvin and Hobbes (Scientific Progress Goes 'Boink', 1991)

If this indeed was in the feces of your snake then it is just a passerby, most likely from the mice as you stated. Consider re-evaluating your rodent source. Healthy mice equals healthy meals.

Thanks for the confirmation. We recently switched sources and it is such a good deal it would be hard to switch! I'll call and let them know what I found.
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"I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully."
Governor George W. Bush, Jr.

"Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us."
Calvin and Hobbes (Scientific Progress Goes 'Boink', 1991)