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VoodooDragon
at Fri Jun 20 09:18:09 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by VoodooDragon ]
Well, the only reason I check my snakes is that I've heard a lot of horror stories of people not noticing RIs until it was too late, or nearly so. Because of my regular checks, I caught the only RI I've had so far in very early stages (no wheezing, yawning, mucus bubles, etc), and thus was very easy to treat. Now that winter's over and I can keep my humidty levels constant (the heater dried out the cages something FIERCE), I don't have to check them as often. Every few months, unless I notice something that's cause for a check-up.
It's no more dangerous than giving oral medication, since what I actually use (unless I'm checking a snake at the petstore that looks sick, or an animal I'm gonna buy) is a syringe that I got for giving oral Baytril. And it'd be strssful if I did it, say, every week, but I don't.
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-Irish
My Snakes
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