You have veterinary degree, Jeff?

I was told, by a vet, that most veterinarians study horses, cows, dogs and cats in school...



There are MAYBE half a dozen vets in my area that'll even look at reptiles, only a couple that have any real experience with them, and only ONE that specializes in reptiles. These are facts that I learned from talking to the vets around here when I first started looking for a reptile vet. It seems that reptiles require quite a bit of extra study, and most vets aren't willing to take on the expense.

I ended up having to spend quite a bit of time with the Nashville zoo's reptile people when I started dealing with exotic lizards. There just wasn't anyone else to ask or talk to. ( Didn't have the internet to fall back on, back then. )



Next, who do you think really knows more about a particular kind of animal, people that deal with them every day for years, or somebody that usually only sees them every once in a while?

I know who I'd want to talk to, if I had questions about that animal.



And every good doctor that I know of or have ever dealt with, no matter what species he/she deals with, will tell you that they don't know everything, and are learning constantly. But also that there are certain general guide lines that should be followed. Diet, living conditions, temperature, etc.



So, when a doctor, veterinarian, psychologist or whatever starts contradicting what 99% of the others in their field are saying, especially when it's about those "general" things, it's probably a good sign that they have no idea what they're talking about.



And i won't even start on the ones that are only in it for the money....



Now, about those crystals you were talking about... You mean the uric acids that build up in the joints and organs when the body can't eliminate them? What's commonly known as gout? Or are you talking about some other mineral condensing in parts of the body?





D.A.

( The know-it-all that doesn't know everything about anything. )

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