New "Dr K Exotic Vet" show

[wolfy-hound]

It's playing on NatGeo channel, usually after the Dr Pol vet show.

So far I think I've seen about 3 episodes, at least partly each. And I think on every episode she says how she basically doesn't approve of exotic pets at least once. I mean, I'm sure she's a decent vet(although I'll mention some stuff on that), but if you don't approve of people owning the animals, don't freaking go into the specialty in my opinion.

As far as "good vet", she treated a ball python who had simply belly rot, well on the way to being healed from the look of it. I believe she gave an injected antibiotic, with more to follow. Then she put on ointment and bandaged it. Yes, she wrapped the poor snake in bandaging. Probably half to 2/3s of the length. And then promptly began to say how it was a burn from it's heat source. Instead of mentioning a thermostat, she started explaining how ball pythons don't have heat sensors on their belly so belly heat was bad for them.

Eye twitch.

After things like that, it makes me wonder how accurate any of it is, and when I see her losing patients I start going "Well, why?" All vets lose patients, that's normal. Animals die. Reality shows make simple things look dangerous and dramatic, I understand. But it just seems like little things here and there just are Wrong and that makes me wonder. With the attitude that people just shouldn't own these animals in the first place, I don't think I'd really want to use her as my vet honestly. Maybe she's great in real life. Maybe she's the best ever. I'm only judging on the show.

I hoped it would be pretty cool, but I can't stomach it.