Vets

[sparkle**]

:)Hey! Why is is so hard to find a vets that can sex my b****Y snakes? None of the reptial shops do it that are near me and just rung the one reptile vets that i can find and they dont no! the reptile vets not in for 2 weeks as he's on holiday!

[meths]

I phoned my vet and said "do you handle snakes?" The receptionist said "yeah, no problem. Bring it in!" So i take frankie in, and the vet says "im scared of snakes" so i say "i thought you handled snakes" and he says "Thats Steven, he's in on Wednesdays" So i had a wasted trip. Silly receptionist!

[jason]

lol - sorry, but thats one pathetic Vet.

[meths]

Only one around that will handle snakes though - i have to say, i probably won't go back

[Shrimply]

Yeah I wouldn't trust any of the vets near me with my snakes. Luckily the guy at my reptile shop does them. I think that if the people at reptile shops are really into reptiles they should know how to probe snakes.

[John Pilling]

I think that if the people at reptile shops are really into reptiles they should know how to probe snakes.

Agreed 100%, they should also have a vet that they themselfs use and are satisfied with so their customers can take their pets to see the same vets. I know the local vets to me don't deal with snakes, but they will do poop samples for me and perscription for oral medication (except surgery or injections). If i need an injection/surgery for mine i would go to my nearest reptile vets which is about 6 miles away.

[sparkle**]

Well before i got any reptiles i made sure that there was a vets that i could get to. but unfortunatly the vet has turned out to be rubbish. Boy am i glad that it isn't an emergency

[meths]

Yeah, i'm a tad concerned about what to do if something actually goes wrong with the wee fella

[Shrimply]

they should also have a vet that they themselfs use and are satisfied with so their customers can take their pets to see the same vets. I know the local vets to me don't deal with snakes, but they will do poop samples for me and perscription for oral medication (except surgery or injections)

It happens that the vets I use is the same one the man at the reptile shop uses. They will also do poop samples and oral medication. I think that my closest actual reptile vet must be in Edinburgh( there is defiantly one there). Anyone selling animals should aim to give their customers as much information as possible.

[palombo77]

I am thinking the same, i called my local vet & he said they dont really have any exotic specialists on site, but we do see them..........

what a fat lot of good that is !!!! yeah, Like im gonna bring my babies to see u !!!!!

[Jimbo]

im quite lucky my cousin works as manager of a pet shop where i bout my corn snake, they sex snakes there. mite be worth trying a pet shop that deals with snakes.

[John Pilling]

I do agree Jimbo that anyone who owns a reptile shop should have 1 person who can sex the animals, even if teranchula's are only gues work (their the hardest to sex, most snakes and reptiles can be probed, T's cant be).

I know if its a sexing issue near me then both my local vets and reptile shop give whoever it is thats enquiring my number as i can probe and pop snakes, and will be able to probe other small reptiles from december (doing a small reptile course then, can already do larger reps like iggy's and dragons, just the small ones i'm not really qualified to do).

[sandalicious]

i have a corn snake and i'm having touble finding a vet that ill even check to see if it is heathly al the certified ones that can do it won't casue he is two little to be looked at and i said " well what eve u really have to work on that cause he three months old and it says right in my book "at three months they are able to go to the vet to be checked up and stuff like probing and i say they really need a life if they won't touch a snake i'm a girl and i love my snake!