>>Yes and no.
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>>In a way you contradict yourself. You state “A veterinarian is NOT the same thing as a herpetologist”. Then you say “reptile surgery, veterinary work (injections, fecals, diagnosis) and research (both by speaking with other reptile owners, scientists, and field researchers)”. Which you practice but are not part of being a herpetologists.
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>>Like I said, yes and no. In CA, vets. are required to consistently update their training. They don’t read or do research when they feel like it. Also, just because you have performed a surgery doesn’t make you a professional. In a way it is careless since I am sure you mostly use over the counter medicines, unless you obtain them illegally since you don’t have a license.
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>>If you ever read up on plastic surgery and have some successful operations in Miami, give me a call.


I don't remember ever saying anything about someone who knows what they are doing, but who doesn't have a piece of paper with a degree on it, saying they are a herpetologist. I'm just saying that there are a lot of people out there who know quite a bit.
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• Completely Unscientific Assumptions...................... much more............ - Hoppy, Fri Feb 18 07:41:27 2005
• exactly!!! everybody wants to be a true herpetologist without any of the - CE, Fri Feb 18 08:04:43 2005
• RE: exactly!!! everybody wants to be a true herpetologist without any of the - PBM, Fri Feb 18 09:02:31 2005
• RE: regarding locality bred boas and their usefulness in science... - g.gartner, Fri Feb 18 12:33:54 2005
• RE: exactly!!! everybody wants to be a true herpetologist without any of th - chaoscat, Fri Feb 18 16:02:51 2005
• well maybe I should read a few books and then perform open heart surgery - CE, Fri Feb 18 16:32:25 2005
• RE: well maybe I should read a few books and then perform open heart surger - chaoscat, Fri Feb 18 16:37:20 2005
• RE: well maybe I should read a few books and then perform open heart surger - callmedaddie, Fri Feb 18 16:59:39 2005
• RE: exactly!!! everybody wants to be a true herpetologist without any of th - callmedaddie, Fri Feb 18 16:53:22 2005
• RE: exactly!!! everybody wants to be a true herpetologist without any of th - chaoscat, Fri Feb 18 17:01:48 2005
• RE: exactly!!! everybody wants to be a true herpetologist without any of th - callmedaddie, Fri Feb 18 17:16:03 2005
• RE: exactly!!! everybody wants to be a true herpetologist without any of th - chaoscat, Fri Feb 18 17:39:17 2005
• RE: exactly!!! everybody wants to be a true herpetologist without any of th - callmedaddie, Fri Feb 18 17:57:31 2005
• RE: exactly!!! everybody wants to be a true herpetologist without any of th - chaoscat, Fri Feb 18 18:49:43 2005
• RE: what constitutes a herpetologist? Plus, issues of scale in the great boa debate! - g.gartner, Fri Feb 18 18:53:22 2005
• Chaoscat.... - callmedaddie, Fri Feb 18 17:33:00 2005
• RE: Chaoscat.... - chaoscat, Fri Feb 18 17:52:09 2005
• Chaoscat.... - chicagopsych, Fri Feb 18 20:41:03 2005
• Dang it, Jim, why did you have to go and.... - sonoranreptile, Fri Feb 18 08:05:39 2005
• great post!.......more - chicagopsych, Fri Feb 18 09:58:51 2005
• I'm het for, "My Mom." Proven genetics...roflmao - snakepimp, Sat Feb 19 20:48:31 2005
• I am not a Phd, but ... *PIC* - snakepimp, Mon Feb 21 09:35:06 2005
• RE: I am not a Phd., but ... I do have poor punctuation. n/p - snakepimp, Mon Feb 21 09:36:10 2005
• I agree 100%, but your clear, pure logic is probably due to you being into - tcdrover, Fri Feb 18 10:04:30 2005
• Both agree and disagree - callmedaddie, Fri Feb 18 13:30:27 2005