Parasites

[EasternGirl]

Hi guys...I know I haven't been on in a while and I definitely want to catch up with everyone...but right now I have a serious problem. I was looking in my babies water dish today and saw something odd I had never seen before..it looked like tiny dead worms. So I checked the other snakes' water dishes and I saw live ones in the water dishes of at least two tanks. I've lost quite a few snakes this year and now I think this must have been the cause. How do I treat them and can they be passed to my other pets or humans? I remember many of you talking about a parasite med on here...but how do I get it and how do I use it? Thanks in advance for any help you can offer. My dog has been ill...could he have gotten the parasites somehow? And I'm worried about them being passed to my son or me. I do believe they are hookworms by the look of them. I have not seen them until recently, so I am not even sure how they got them. I just got done reading that they are similar to canine and feline parasites. I'm taking my dog to the vet on Monday...but I am not working right now and cannot pay to take my snakes to the vet. I read that panacur should work. But how do I get it and dose it properly? Ugh. This is a nightmare! Should I talk to my family doc to see if my son and I should be checked?