>>So heres the thing I don't get: if you didn't want to listen to your vet why did you pay for her advice?

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>>Lets look at the facts: she went through at least 8 years of education plus continuing education each year and the mandatory research on the side to keep up with the exotic medicine.



>>I'd vote for working WITH a vet instead of undermining your relationship with them here. Don't get me wrong, some of the information that is bandied back and forth on this forum is great and discussing it with a qualified medical expert may be very beneficial to your animal's health, but I have seen some outrageously erroneous things said here that are simply not in keeping with any known sciencific studies.

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>>If your vet isn't willing to accept (after CLEAR explanation of the fact) that rodents can be part of a feeder operation find an exotic vet who can. But realize that the safest and most effective solutions to your lice (or any other medical problem) is going to be found in consultation with a qualified veterinarian.





All that said Russ....all the advice I gave is directly from my vet. IF the vet goes the extra mile and is willing to learn and call Cornell (where I am near) and other universities and ask etc then they are gonna help. IF they are your typically trained and schooled vet they don't know squat about rats as 'pets', let alone feeders and have even less knowledge about what treatments will harm the reptile it is fed to. I talked to a vet recently who was not my personal vet...but he treated reptiles. And he said that 99% of what vets that are in practice learn about herps is from any extra symposiums AFTER they graduated from school, and while they are practicing.....note the word...."Practicing" medicine.

And, like the old joke...."What do you call someone who graduated at the bottom of their class in medical school?"..."Doctor" Undermining a sucky vet is well worth it if better advice is found elsewhere and an animal is better off.

You said "Mandatory research" What is that? I don't think there is anything that says a vet has to take rat or reptile classes. Maybe in some states to maintain a license they need classes....but they don't HAVE TO take them in exotics. At least not around here. Talking to the former (quit seeing herps when he got tired of constantly trying to correct basic husbandry errors) herp vet I met he said that to be a reptile vet you do what you want. You find extra info, you go to classes...but no one is forcing you to.



And I gotta agree.....some of the advice on the forums is terrible. But I have not seen such advice last long before a bunch of folks correct it.



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