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i was just curious if anyone else is from southern colorado? I am looking for a vet for our gecko an dhave no idea where to start....any advice would be greatly appreciated..thanks
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Mike & Wendy

2.0.0 Siberian husky, Jackrussel/schitzu
0.0.1 Lepard Gecko
0.0.4 Beta's
3.1.0 Warm blooded life sucking spawns.

i know last year when i was looking for a herp vet in my area what i did was call a pet store that carried herps and ask them to recommend a vet... another thing you can also do is call a local university and ask if they have recommendations for a herp vet...(there vet school, if they have one)...one last option you could try is call your local vet and ask if they know of any area herp vets that you could contact....good luck
heidi

You may be surprised if you call your local cat and dog vet, Thats exactly what we did, We were told they dont specialise in herp and dont adveritize for them but the vet is educated in herps and loves them and the proces are amazingly low. My first turtle got what we believe was shell rot, It was corrected and the turtle lived out its life, It took about 15 visits to the vet to corect the problem and only a total of about $50 in vet fees and about $20 in meds.
My Research and Collection

THe above are all great suggestions. Colorado is rather lucky to have a lot of good herp vets so finding one shouldn't be too hard. I hear the vet college in Colorado is really good for herp minded applicants, and the pathology lab in the state is also very herp savy. In addition to the previous suggestions you may want to contact a local herp society, and browse the ARAV membership list at www.arav.com. (members are listed by state to make it easier)

Ian