Things to ask during vet visit

[_Victoria]

yes, antibiotics can be doubled. They're most often doubled on the first dose though. Just make sure you use all of it, and as close to how it says as possible.

Whew! Thanks for the info, that's good to know and get another opinion. I'm going to try to get as close to the 72 hours i can get, I just didn't want to hurt him because I'll be early on one day by about 12hrs. The vet showed me how to do everything so I'm going to try my hardest to do exactly how he did and I'll definitely be using every shot and keeping a log of times/progress. My main concern is I do not want to hurt my pet and shots are intimidating.

Ooo the shots are fun. I'm giving mine the same antibiotic and have been for a bit. Honestly, if it makes you feel uncomfortable find another vet or call an emergency exotic pet vet.

The vet that I go to (an hour and a half drive) has two doctors who deal with reptiles. One who actually got her doctorate in reptile studies and the other one is almost that experienced. I called the emergency vet to double check how to give the shots right before I did. They can answer any general question.

All day I've been trying to figure out if i called a vet that specializes in reptiles if they would give me a second opinion. Now that I know that I will be doing that. I trusted the vet I had but another opinion from someone who is a vet who cares of ball pythons would ease my mind better.

I haven't given a shot yet but I bet they're going to be harder than the vet made them look today! Thanks for the help!