Kelly



Well , yesterday we took the small green burm to the Vet to be weighed for her dosage .. Our Doc , wanted us to try Atropine... so we have an Atropine Injection for 3 days to give each snake .. So far there has been no change. He also wanted to try 2-Pam or Protopam but it is on an indefinite Manufacturer backorder.



While he is an excellent vet, he just isnt a reptile vet... he knows a bit , but not much ... He tried researching Organophosphate poisoning in reptiles , its in all the herp vet books but there is no treatment listed at all.. Its been very hard finding a real reptile vet in my area... they all claim to be reptile vets but we as experienced keepers seem to know more than they do... Antibiotics for rep infection or oxytocin for egg bound herps... thats about the extent of their knowledge . Yes, they can run blood chemistries but No they dont know how to treat unknown ailments..

All of my other animals are fine .. no problems at all... only these 2 green burms have been affected... housed completely separate from one another... The only thing it can be is the Dichlorvos...



This really sucks because I truly love the larger of the 2.She is a sweetheart. The smaller one was nasty to the bone though...



Any other ideas or advice is welcome...
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• Green Burmese Acting Wierd/Sick - Safaritom, Thu May 24 14:23:37 2007
• didnt you recently loose a snake to what - FRoberts, Thu May 24 19:06:03 2007
• RE: didnt you recently loose a snake to what - Safaritom, Thu May 24 20:33:17 2007
• RE: didnt you recently loose a snake to - ChrisGilbert, Thu May 24 22:15:27 2007
• A couple of questions...... - Kelly_Haller, Fri May 25 11:25:13 2007
• RE: A couple of questions...... - Safaritom, Fri May 25 12:42:35 2007
• Doesn't sound like ....... - Kelly_Haller, Sat May 26 12:24:25 2007
• RE:UPDATE on Dichlorvos Issue - Safaritom, Sat May 26 12:41:48 2007