Of course I have, and a couple spectacular events too. Once I had a blackheaded python develop a tumor at the base of its stomach. The tumor was caused by a pine splinter. The Vet(Dr.Jarchow) removed part of its stomach, and a foot or so of intestine. Then pulled it together, sewed it back together. The snake survived about four more years and produced lots of offspring. The event was published in a vet journal.

I have had the vet work over freshly imported varanids a few times and some colubrid reproductive problems.

For the most part, we had reproductive problems, early on, and Vets had no handle on that. So I would often do my own work. In fact, I developed a few methods that were not used at the time(they said it would not work) and not is commonplace with vets.

And yes, I recomend Vets for folks who bring their problems to these forums. As the advice given on forums is usually all over the place and covers from a good treatment, to the bizarre. Also, to be able to diagnose a problem, the snake should be seen and a complete history given, which is not done here.

As with every area of expertise, there are some very good vets and there are some NOT SO good vets. Cheers

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