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[jbean7916]

If you read the previous post, that was just his temp enclosure until we got his larger enclosure over to the house. Hes not in an aquarium anymore and was only in one for 2 nights. Hes now in an animal plastics 6ft enclosure.

As far as my black throat was concerned, she was also on a substrate until her prolapse, then I switched her to paper towels until it retracted. If you think the instructions my vet gave me were incorrect, what would you have suggested to save a young, malnourished monitor?

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[SwampDonkey]

If you read the previous post, that was just his temp enclosure until we got his larger enclosure over to the house. Hes not in an aquarium anymore and was only in one for 2 nights. Hes now in an animal plastics 6ft enclosure.

As far as my black throat was concerned, she was also on a substrate until her prolapse, then I switched her to paper towels until it retracted. If you think the instructions my vet gave me were incorrect, what would you have suggested to save a young, malnourished monitor?

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Most vets dont deal with reptiles very often and give out bad advice, though there are some good ones that deal with monitors all the time and can save your animal. I took my monitor to the vet to get a broken arm set and he nearly killed my animal. I then hit the forums and low and behold two of the keepers i'd been speaking with were reptile vets. I can direct you to a great one if you need it. The prolapse was most likely caused by...you guessed it, dehydration. Compaction probably came before the prolapse though. He blew a gasket trying to poop. There is NO WAY to make a screen top enclosure work for a baby monitor. Foil and cling-wrap are useless and we see them dying constantly because people dont listen and think they found a "method" for making it work. This probably kills more baby monitors than anything else. I know because thats what killed my water monitor a few years ago. Im not trying to be mean, I just dont want to see another lizard die this way. Happens all the time.