Unfortunately though many times bad advice is way worse than no advice. It doesn't show professionalism to hand out advice, as a doctor no less, and not know what you are talking about. Seems to me that a good vet would either let you know where their expertise lies or recommend someone else.
I could try to go and do heart surgery, but I'm not thinking it would be successful.
Im not mad at the vet for giving me advice or not being an expert i just think u should be a little less condesending about it i mean i kinda felt like they were just being rude about certain thing such as the uvb and when i told them i had a uth for her enclosure they told me it was gonna burn my snake then when i explained that i had it on a rheostat now and was getting a t-stat soon she rolled her eyes at me and promptly came back with their caresheet and and article about the benifits of uvb for reptiles (in general). idk i just made me feel like i was an idiot and while im no expert by any stretch of the imagination im not stupid and ive done a bit of research.
Maybe you should print out a BP caresheet and hand it to her and roll your eyes at her Me personally~~ I would rather have no advice than bad advice. Even though it won't hurt a bp to have uvb, what if this vet also thinks that all reptiles need a calcium supplement too. I'm just sayin that a vet (or any other doctor) should make very sure what they're talking about before they hand out information. just my $.02
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Me personally~~ I would rather have no advice than bad advice. Even though it won't hurt a bp to have uvb, what if this vet also thinks that all reptiles need a calcium supplement too. I'm just sayin that a vet (or any other doctor) should make very sure what they're talking about before they hand out information. just my $.02