If it would ease your mind Raz, do a one time (baseline) exam/wellness check.


I've talked to my vet, and since I still haven't gotten the skill to probe, I take mine in for a wellness check and probing but my vet said not to worry about any annual exams. Better to watch for signs, but if they're pooing and eating/shedding, all is okay and there's no need to spend my $$ for healthy snakes.

As soon as I saw a problem w/Snoopy, I took her in. She had had a wellness checkup, because I wanted her probed and THEN found out she was female, but despite the mulitple visits & Rx shots, because she had contracted pseudomonas somehow, she didn't make it.

All the others are okay/healthy and except for new critters getting the baseline exam and probing w/the fecals (if available), I don't take them in again unless there is a problem.

*Knocks on wood* So far, so good, and I'm able to save some more money for a bit nicer snake this next time.





RuLyn