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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• Vets - Bluerosy, Wed Feb 25 15:05:19 2009
• Yes... - foxturtle, Wed Feb 25 15:19:50 2009
• RE: Yes... - indictment, Wed Feb 25 15:34:32 2009
• RE: Yes... - foxturtle, Wed Feb 25 15:47:01 2009
• RE: Yes... - joecop, Wed Feb 25 22:31:18 2009
• RE: Yes... - Boneyard, Wed Feb 25 16:41:19 2009
• Know your anatomy - Jeff Schofield, Wed Feb 25 22:21:36 2009
• No... but here's why... - bizkit421, Thu Feb 26 06:56:51 2009
• Yes... - viborero, Thu Feb 26 09:01:41 2009
• RE: Vets - FR, Thu Feb 26 09:12:59 2009
• Here is the deal - zach_whitman, Thu Feb 26 16:38:51 2009
• Also - zach_whitman, Thu Feb 26 16:41:17 2009
• RE: Here is the deal - DISCERN, Thu Feb 26 20:49:16 2009
• RE: here's the "gig" - fauxsanity, Thu Feb 26 21:46:40 2009
• RE: here's the "gig" - zach_whitman, Thu Feb 26 22:05:16 2009
• RE: here's the "gig" - orchidspider, Thu Feb 26 22:33:30 2009
• RE: here's the "gig" - fauxsanity, Thu Feb 26 22:35:08 2009
• unfortunately - Dobry, Fri Feb 27 02:20:32 2009
• A Question - RayT3, Fri Feb 27 10:14:24 2009
• RE: A Question - zach_whitman, Fri Feb 27 13:04:14 2009
• RE: A Question - RayT3, Fri Feb 27 16:33:05 2009