As hard as it is, walk away. If you buy it, they have money to get a couple more.

I haven't found vets to be all that great for very sick monitors, alot of the treatments are very harsh, and can be the last straw with an already compromised lizard. At this point, probably the best thing a vet could do is to euthanize it.

Even if the stars and planets align, and you manage to get the monitor back on the straight and narrow, I'll bet you money it doesn't last two years. I haven't found this species to really ever recover from this kind of state, kidney and liver failure is imminent (IMO), it just takes some time. I'm sure some people will say that a year is worth it, but is that from the person's or the lizard's perspective? If it's an older animal, if it recovers, it will almost assuredly live it's days in sheer terror. It can take months to years (if it happens) to get adult jobis acclimated. But that's just my opinion.

--Robert

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• peachthroat "rescue" - tatbeesh, Fri Dec 9 09:45:57 2005
• RE: peachthroat "rescue" - phantasticus, Fri Dec 9 10:25:10 2005
• RE: peachthroat "rescue" - odatriad, Fri Dec 9 11:25:39 2005
• Just one thing Bob - RobertBushner, Fri Dec 9 12:21:45 2005
• good post, Robert - odatriad, Fri Dec 9 12:56:42 2005
• RE: good post, Robert - Phantasticus, Fri Dec 9 18:52:22 2005
• another common reptile 'myth' - odatriad, Fri Dec 9 20:24:49 2005
• RE: another common reptile 'myth's' myth - phantasticus, Fri Dec 9 21:39:44 2005
• RE: Just one more thing for Robert - FR, Sun Dec 11 14:24:26 2005
• I totally agree with you N/P - chuck911jeep, Fri Dec 9 15:43:59 2005
• Don't bother - RobertBushner, Fri Dec 9 11:50:53 2005
• RE: Don't bother - tatbeesh, Fri Dec 9 14:12:33 2005
• RE: Don't bother - pgross8245, Mon Dec 12 09:19:13 2005
• RE: peachthroat "rescue" - robyn@ProExotics, Fri Dec 9 13:57:53 2005
• RE: peachthroat "rescue" - tatbeesh, Fri Dec 9 14:21:16 2005
• RE: peachthroat "rescue" - mrcota, Sun Dec 11 18:39:36 2005
• RE: peachthroat "rescue" - drzrider, Fri Dec 9 14:39:29 2005