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joeysgreen
at Sun Oct 30 07:19:52 2005 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by joeysgreen ]
That's an awesome story, and it's great that you've entered the drymarchon world  I'm still a while away before I get enough time and room for one but the limited experience I've had with them brings me back to this forum.
Unfortunately just because a veterinarian is listed as the zoo vet, doesn't necessarily mean they have a lot of experience with herps. It's like that hear in Edmonton. Listing our zoo vet as a herp vet would be a crime against nature! Now I can't say that's the case with your "boa vet", it could be something simple as the receptionist doesn't know squat, or the clinic is responsible for the zoo, but not the doctor that you saw.
Can you post a picture of the lump? Is it in the skin or the abdomen; can you tell? The worms as described by the previous post should be done in by ivermectin (use with vet Rx only!) but there are always exceptions and in that case positive identification is necessary.
Ian
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RE: Thanks for reading... - joeysgreen, Sun Oct 30 07:19:52 2005