upper RI is a different thing than pneumonia, but simple RI infections can be addressed with proper temps, most importantly, proper basking temps.

look to eliminate much night time temp drop for a couple of weeks until it has completely cleared up. be sure to have a nicely setup basking spot of 130F, it should take care of itself.

if you are given meds and dosages, that would indicate either a more troublesome infection, or a vet not familiar with current monitor husbandry.

i can almost guarantee the vet is keeping the animal sub optimally, and it is only getting worse. i have never seen a proper monitor (or lizard in general) setup at a vet, and the ones i have seen use very dated husbandry setups with hot spots in the 90's, which only sets your animal back further, not giving it the tools it needs to naturally deal with the problem.

best of luck.
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• Black Throat with Pneumonia - theraven51, Fri Dec 7 10:42:21 2007
• RE: Black Throat with Pneumonia - robyn@ProExotics, Fri Dec 7 18:59:43 2007
• Sounds like it may have. - SHvar, Fri Dec 7 22:45:24 2007
• RE: Sounds like it may have. - theraven51, Wed Dec 12 13:50:43 2007