Health Checks

We recommend health checks for your newly acquired snakes and, from then on, yearly health checks.

Our health checks aim to create awareness of optimum feeding and home care as well as diagnose andtreat any existing health problems early in the disease process.

Our health checks include a full physical examination where your vet will examine your snake from nose to tail for outward signs of disease.  At additional cost further tests are available such as;

• Faeces (Poop) examination – examining for internal parasites. A fresh sample brought in at time of consultation is useful.
• Blood work – A blood sample to aid in determining the health status of your snake.
• Further imaging such as x-ray and ultrasound imaging.

You will be asked a series of important questions about your snake including:

• Its origin (breeder, pet shop , wild caught).
• Housing and fixtures (aquarium tank, desert or tree dwelling set up etc.).
• Is it kept with other snakes? Any new additions recently?
• Were any quarantine procedures used, details.(i.e. was the snake kept separate for a period, before being introduced to your other snakes).
• Bedding or substrate used (e.g. Sand, wood chips).
• Environmental conditions including temperature gradients (high and low measurements, day and night) and lighting used (brand and spectrum provided).
• Water source provided (drinking and soaking).
• Diet, including content and frequency of feeding. Live prey? Frozen? Stunned?
• Last shedding.

It is a good idea for you (or your representative in the consultation) to have thought about these issues and checked that you know as many details as possible before your visit.