Quote Originally Posted by gbassett View Post
Here I'm going to disagree with you.As stated by Dan it will be hard to find a qualified vet.There is only a small handful of people who work with them in the field,let alone know how to properly treat monitors.Most vet will treat all reptiles the same,even the ones who specialize in reptiles..Most vets are following outdated information,so they would have no clue on proper husbandry.Keeping and understanding monitors has come along way in the last ten years or so,

ps I have 5 kids,I dont lose

greg

Like Willy said about Mumps...You are doing a lot of "assuming"...you know what they say about people that do that. You're assuming he can't find a qualified Vet, you're assuming what the Vet will tell him to do. "Hard" to find, and impossible to find are two different things. If he looks, BG is sure he can find one...he may need to drive a while though. BG will agree that if he doesn't find a "qualified Vet" he is sure to get bad advice...that's why BG said to find one.


If you have 5 kids...you've already lost....your freedom.






Quote Originally Posted by onlyjays9p View Post
Sorry everyone I didnt mean to cause such a ruckus lol I'll tell you as much as I know he keeps it in a larger fishtank and has a 10-20 not sure gal tank inside that he keeps full of water with water filters he feeds it twice a week rat's and goldfish and eggs I think he kept two larger basking bulbs on and a fluroencent light He has a screen top on it I'm sure Ive missed some of the foods he feeds it I havent talked to him in a while or been to his house this was just brought up to me online so I figured I'd ask here for help for him. he said yesterday it ate again, also hes had it since it was a baby and now its about as round as a nfl football so hes had it for a few years and this is is first problem hes had with it. He really takes well care of it he plans on taking it to the vet monday hes followed everything the pet store has told him since day one but i'm assuming they didn't know half of what you guys know. I personally keep pythons, lizards are to much work for me so that's why I asked.

It does sound like it may need a larger enclosure. We really need to hear from the owner so we can ask all the pertinent questions. It's good that he's going to see a Vet, but it better be a qualified one, otherwise this animal may be worse off than it was before.