Just seen a new tv series called Inside the Vets .. episode 10 featuring a Royal with horrendous burns along its tummy ... long deep wound with Aspen stuck inside the affected area .. the owner said it had been lying on its heatmat ...
The vet never asked about a stat which seemed odd - she just suggested swapping to a overhead guarded bulb ....again no mention of a thermostat...
Treatment was two injections ... one painkiller and one antibiotic with the owner bathing twice daily to try and wash the Aspen out ..
On the second visit 3 days later a different vet asked the owner if the heat mat was covered now !?
He just said that they'd turned the temperature down !!!
I just wish they'd stressed to the owners how important thermostats are to regulate heat mats/bulbs .
They injected the Royal about 10" down from the head and put the needle straight in and a long way ... I half expected the needle to come out the other side ! I also thought they'd go in shallow kinda under the skin a little...
I presume they know where snake's heart and lungs are situated !!
On the way out the vet jokingly said to the snake " it's a pity you didn't say you were too warm !!!!???!!
Aghhhhhhhhhj !!!!
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