Sick Herp Help

i cant stop them from coming but there are few enough that i should be able to isolate them. i made the petcare manager realize how serious the situation was, and we will lose them all without quick action. now we do have 2 seperate rooms we can put the animals in away from people. if everyday I inspect the reptiles for any slight sign of sickness then i can put them in the quiet room for care. we are not like most pet stores. we do have a room for intensive medical care. we will not give up on these guys, my problem is slowing down the progression of whatever they have long enough to help them. some of them are just dropping with no sign

we did decide on a planwe have in store something called reptiboost. its a powder that gives reptiles the vitamins and nutrients that it needs. the groomer aforementioned was using it on her first ball python because i told her to and it boosted her up incredibly. even though she passed it still gave her the strenght to hold on for awhile longer. so we will give the reptiboost to all of the reptiles. the ones sick will recieve it orally daily. we are going to put it in the water bowls of the reptiles that are not sick and keep an eye on them to make sure they are still drinking.

lol i was wondering about the smiley. we do not dump anything outside. everything is disposed of properly. lol we cant get away with a pee puddle lying unnoticed. theres no way we would get away with dumping anything even if we wanted to.

ok... well im going to do some research. im off tomorrow but im probably going in to check on everyone so i will give another status report

I know the store doesn't dump things outside--but owners who bring home an animal that later dies, might.

Make sure manager also realizes that all enclosures and equipment must be disinfected with the strongest stuff you can find, and anything that can't be, has to be thrown. If you put the new animals in infected enclosures, they're sure to get sick.

we disinfect enclosures weekly. everything that is in the cage beside bedding is able to be completely disinfected. bowls, toys, chews, hides, logs, carpets, fake plants. everything. bowls are disinfected daily. if an animal dies it is immediately taken to the vet for proper disposal. if immediate transfer to the vet is unavailable then the animal is then placed in a freezer effectively killing anything that may be harmful in the cadaver as well as preserving the animal so that it may be disposed of with the respect and care that it is due. if an animal is sold then the cage is disinfected that day. its a really strong disinfectant that is safe for animals. not so safe for us though. we dont play around with our animals health. this is just the normal cleaning procedure for our animals.

we also have a 14 day garauntee (sp? sorry im dyslexic) so hopefully thatll cover any sick reptiles that might have already gone. we havent sold any reptiles for acouple days . at least i havent. i didnt look at the sales records but i do believe that all of them are still there.

i was looking at different viruses that it could be and I think i will have to count out the ranavirus it isnt know to affect a lot of snakes. and ball pythons, kings, and corns are not included.

The ranavirus was documented in a green tree python, so I wouldn't be too sure. A necropsy is probably the only hope of a real answer.

I'm very glad to hear that they do take such care with disinfecting (I've seen too many pet stores that don't).

Well the king,corn, and mountain horned dragon appear to not be sick anymore... they have no more excess mucus... the ball python is no longer bubbling from his nose and the only sign is excess mucus in his mouth, but you have to open his mouth to see it..... we lost a different ball python that was out on the sales floor. It was curled up with a live snake when it passed. The live snake looks fine but I moved him into the quiet room... if they do a necropsy it will take 3 weeks to get results in.

All animals are staying in the quiet room until we can be sure of their health

Ok... we got everything cleared up. We decided to assume all of our reptiles were sick and to be treated as such since we didn't always know which ones were sick. The sickest were moved to the quiet room. The reptiles that came in including a chameleon were isolated in the new arrival room. They were all treated with a liquid baytril that was added to their water and refreshed daily. Everyone has been given a clean bill of health. We used undiluted watchdog to disefect everything that we used for the reptiles and there has been no relapses.

From a monetary standpoint for those wondering-
2russian torts $200
3 ball pythons $240
That's just the animals we spent over $1000 crushing this sickness.

Also have joined due to death of two bps. Need help! I had my mojave male and normal female in same tank for months. Have had both for over a year and even had a successful clutch from them. To start they were both fine then one night two weeks ago i came in and mojave male was unresponsive. His temp was 82. Put into warm water then he "gasped" for lack if better term then died. We thought respiratory infection but female didnt show any symptoms. Mojave breathing was perfect never missed a meal. Was active and alert that morning. Now two weeks later my female (fine this morning ) found dead. Please help! I have 12 others kept in separate room (never been exposed to each other) and we wash hands before going to them. Dont want to loose the rest. They were kept on aspen bedding with heat lamp and oad. Warm side average 96 cool side 78 average. Had fresh water. Humidity was good. Please any advise?!!!!

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Originally Posted by zeion97

my "new" vet did every other day ORALY. I am going to do injections, at $1,200 a bottle though... (his price to make money) I'm going to get a prescription and do it myself. -_-; All three of mine are clearing up now

Sorry, I didn't mean to take your thread!

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That is a rip off! If you get a script, you can get it here:
http://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=30e079f2-7b6a-11d5-a192-00b0d0204ae5&item=328RX&ccd=IFF003&utm_source=GoogleShopping&utm_medium=cpc&utm_ content=328RX&adtype=pla&kwd={keyword}&gclid=CN3ctOrk-rICFROe4AodoTYAcA

Or here:
http://www.vetdepot.com/baytril-enro...ble-20-ml.html

Just depends on what size bottle you need.