Vet Visit

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Originally Posted by Smynx

:( That's it, Marla, give me something else to worry about. :wink:

He seemed to know what he was doing during the exam (other than the "lung" comment). It was his husbandry suggestions that made me wonder.

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Yeah, I just wouldn't necessarily count on his knowing the correct scale depth or using the correct probe size or popping the genitalia all the way out if he doesn't know enough about the species to know they have two lungs and don't need sunlight. If there's a herp group in your area you might be able to find someone else to double-check what he said.

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Originally Posted by Aaron

Damn, now I'm starting to wonder if my vet sexed Bongo correctly. He popped the hemipenes and pointed out two tiny greyish horn things that didn't look anything like what I've seen in books and on the net. No red whatsoever. He also said that the snake would probably reach 6 feet, which I know is rare in BPs, especially for a male. Who knows. I guess it pays to shop around for a truely knowledgeable BP vet.

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If you didn't see two reddish bulbs at the ends, then he either incompletely popped the snake or you have a girl. A good vet is definitely something we should all have, but unfortunately sometimes there's just no access to one close enough to be worthwhile.

I dunno man i have decent dexterity with my hands and fingers and all - I certainly think I could do it.

I just don't want my snakes remembering me as the guy who wanted to see how deep he could jam a metal rod into their gonads ;)

We gave our two bigger snakes the worm medicine last night - went off a lot easier than I had expected though 'Suki was really not too thrilled about having her head held and mouth opened for the syringe heh - a strong snake can be damn adamant about things like that. No more feeders from the crackhouse pet shop for us.

They can be quite adamant, can't they? Some will choose to be reluctantly compliant and some will just continue to fight for all they're worth.

Neph was reluctantly compliant, but Suki fought us. He's so strong! Smulkin had to hold him with both hands while I opened his mouth and administered the medication. But afterwards he calmed down immediately and let us hold him for a while, so I guess he wasn't too mad at us. :)

Once he figured out you didn't intend to eat him, I guess! :) Snyder tends to be reluctantly compliant, whereas Seymour tends to fight for all he's worth. I don't know about the rest yet.