Earlier this year I spend $1200+ on a corn snake that needed invasive surgery or she would have died. Recently I spend $600+ on a ball who started showing abnormal health issues who's now on antibiotics and making improvements so far. Overpriced? Maybe, but the vet is a specialized exotics vet who knows more about reptiles than anyone in my area so I didn't mind shelling out the price. Would it have been cheaper/easier (maybe even smarter) to just put down these two animals? Yes, but they each had a chance to live a normal and healthy life so I decided to pay the price and give them that chance. To each its own: I have no regrets spending the money I did/have on these animals and would do the same for any others in my collection (the corn is fully healed and doing great and I have high hopes for the ball).
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