Sonya



Thanks for the information on what it takes to be an exotic vet -I will pass it on to my classmates here at prudue's vet school.



My real point in the response (which maybe I didn't get across to well) is not to take everything your vet says at face value and assume that the degree makes them right, BUT don't discredit what they say either. The reality is that before prescribing any medication a vet must first consider how the medication works and why it only affects the target you want it to without killing the animal (almost every medicine will act as a poison if used incorrectly). and then compare that to the specific situation of the animal on the table - what concurrent illnesses or problems are affecting it's metabolism, excretion, ability to handle stress, etc. All the client sees is 'take 2 of these and call me if anything gets worse' but there is a whole lot more to it than that.



Don't get me wrong - I am not saying ask the questions here and in other forums. Go to other sorces, do your research before and after going to a vet you know you can trust. That is one of the reasons that I daily look in on the forum in addition to studing the material in my texts - to stay abreast of what is going on and what people are suggesting. but for the sake of you animals, bounce the idea off a trained professionals head before you add a poison to your little critters diet.



Oh - and Anna, if the poultry dust doesn't work, ask your vet about injectable ivermectin - it is in the same class as the active ingredient in Revolution ,selemectin, but Plumb's Handbook of Veterinary Medicine lists studies indicating that it actually is less toxic to reptiles than to rats. It has the negative of potentially interfering with neonatal development (reported in horses) but in production medicine there is an increased acceptance of risk.
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Russ

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