Reptile Silver Test
🦎 Reptile Budget Test
✅ Ideal for routine checks or reptiles with no symptoms
A cost-effective, vet-reviewed parasite screen ideal for healthy or routine-check reptiles. This test detects all major internal parasite groups using multiple flotation and microscopy methods. Results are interpreted and reported by an experienced exotics veterinary surgeon.
✅ About This Test:
✔️ Silver Parasite Test (Microscopy)
✔️ Detects All Major Parasite Groups
✔️ Results Within 2 Working Days (up to 7 in busy periods)
✔️ Report by Exotics Veterinary Surgeon
❌ NOT INCLUDED in this level: Cryptosporidium , Giardia , Entamoeba invadens , Campylobacter fetus subsp. testudinum , Salmonella - antigens or qPCRs
💎 Testing Levels Explained:
🪙 SILVER Level: Parasite detection and pinworm count
🥈 GOLD Level: Silver + Cryptosporidium antigen (not qPCR)
🥇 PLATINUM Level: Gold + Antigen tests for Giardia , Salmonella , Campylobacter
💎 DIAMOND Level: Silver + 5 x real-time PCRs + outbound and tracked return postage — premium, highest sensitivity parasite & bacterial detection (pathogens listed below)
🚫 Return postage is not included in Silver, Gold, or Platinum levels.
Pathogens Included in DIAMOND Level (Real-Time PCR):
✔️ Cryptosporidium
spp.
✔️ Giardia
spp.
✔️ Entamoeba invadens
(Reptile-specific amoeba)
✔️ Campylobacter fetus
subsp. testudinum
(Reptile-specific Campylobacter)
✔️ Salmonella
spp.
Diamond Level is the most advanced qPCR profile available — ideal for reptiles with symptoms, wild-caught specimens, or advanced health screening.
🧪 Techniques Used (Silver Level):
✔️ Direct Wet Mounts
✔️ McMasters Flotation
✔️ Worm-Count (if reference published)
✔️ Centrifugal Flotation (for wild-caught reptiles)
📌 How It Works:
- Checkout and receive collection pack
- Collect sample (do not fill more than ¾ of the pot)
- Post to us using a tracked service to avoid delays or loss
- Receive your personalised veterinary report by email
