makes my stomach ache. If I were in that situation I would have contacted the breeder to see if there is any possible explanation (maybe the same thing is happening in his/her collection). As Andy said most vets are very disappointing and are in fact very inexperienced with reptiles. Vets are only offered seminars on reptile care and as far as I am concerned 90% percent of them are for lack of better terms idiot’s when it comes to reptile care in general. Why your vet did what he/she did is beyond me and is very unacceptable in my opinion; why should animals (any animal) have to endure something that would cause any Doctor to lose their license is beyond me. I also would probably be incarcerated at the state hospital after going through what you lived through.

Remember the glass is half full and learn from your experience, we all have had similar situations as hobbyists and need to learn from life’s mishaps. I am very sorry for your loss and hope the future has better things in store for you.

-Greg Reinert-

[ Hide Replies ]

• Very disturbing... - michaelburton, Thu Mar 30 13:10:11 2006
• RE: Very disturbing... - voodoomagik, Thu Mar 30 13:17:33 2006
• RE: Very disturbing... - JOEP123, Thu Mar 30 13:25:31 2006
• RE: Very disturbing... - Ajax, Fri Mar 31 07:15:49 2006
• RE: Very disturbing... - ajfreptiles, Thu Mar 30 13:54:10 2006
• A liver... - ChrisGilbert, Thu Mar 30 13:57:45 2006
• RE: A liver... - michaelburton, Thu Mar 30 14:02:40 2006
• Other considerations... - ChrisGilbert, Thu Mar 30 14:07:08 2006
• RE: Other considerations... - srsnakes, Thu Mar 30 14:51:16 2006
• Thank you - michaelburton, Thu Mar 30 17:20:25 2006
• RE: Other considerations... - globalsnakes, Fri Mar 31 00:04:28 2006
• Just reading your story... - Psycodelic, Thu Mar 30 14:48:43 2006
• Am I the only one.... - robertmcphee, Thu Mar 30 15:33:54 2006
• RE: Am I the only one.... - toine, Thu Mar 30 16:00:09 2006
• RE: Am I the only one.... - globalsnakes, Fri Mar 31 01:07:14 2006
• RE: still ,,he could wait 10 minutes - toine, Fri Mar 31 04:24:42 2006
• Bob... - michaelburton, Thu Mar 30 17:13:21 2006
• le sigh* sorry to hear of your loss! - dnreptiles, Thu Mar 30 18:29:28 2006
• RE: So sorry to hear about that - boas_etc, Thu Mar 30 18:47:26 2006
• RE: Very disturbing... - VolcomHerp, Thu Mar 30 19:34:56 2006
• Michael, Sorry to hear about... - cnb2, Thu Mar 30 21:05:18 2006
• thank you all for the kind words. - michaelburton, Fri Mar 31 14:27:12 2006
• Herptile hearts beat way after death... - joeysgreen, Sat Apr 1 06:41:24 2006
• RE: Herptile hearts beat way after death... - mike_panic, Sat Apr 1 08:56:20 2006