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mtbker73
at Tue Oct 26 14:40:32 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by mtbker73 ]
Carpet fibers. Depending on the type of carpet you have and the type of monitor you keep, you should consider the possibility that carpet fibers are getting wrapped around the toe and cutting off circulation to the nail. We saw an animal brought into a pet store once that had several claws missing. The animal looked healthy otherwise. On close inspection, we noticed that their were nylon fibers wrapped around each of the toes that was missing. When we spoke to the owner we found she allowed her Savannah to run around on the carpet and that one of her monitors favorite activities was to claw at the carpet.
That may not say much for that monitor owner (yeah, just let your lizard destroy your carpets. It will add character!) But until then, I had never heard that carpet can actually injure a reptile.
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- one more ? about nail loss - eyezsnake, Tue Oct 26 09:32:46 2004
- I had an Indo species once... - SHvar, Tue Oct 26 12:29:23 2004
 Another possible culprit - mtbker73, Tue Oct 26 14:40:32 2004- RE: one more ? about nail loss - St.Pierre, Wed Oct 27 00:35:34 2004
- The reason aluminum is used in soda cans, etc.. - SHvar, Wed Oct 27 12:45:29 2004
- RE: The reason aluminum is used in soda cans, etc.. - St.Pierre, Wed Oct 27 14:28:10 2004
- No - rsg, Wed Oct 27 15:12:43 2004
- RE: No - St.Pierre, Wed Oct 27 15:16:03 2004
- RE: No - cdanstan, Wed Oct 27 16:15:35 2004
- RE: No - eyezsnake, Wed Oct 27 21:23:25 2004
- Ill, say it this way, the jury is supposedly still out on it.. - SHvar, Thu Oct 28 10:06:10 2004
- Shvar - rsg, Thu Oct 28 11:00:21 2004
- RE: one more ? about nail loss - eyezsnake, Wed Oct 27 21:15:37 2004
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