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Posted by jeff on August 28, 2001 at 20:02:48:

In Reply to: Re: well said Ronda............n/p posted by Andre' on August 28, 2001 at 13:49:16:

: : ...until you know what you're treating for. Guessing at a culprit and treating incorrectly could be just as damaging as not treating at all. Best to get motivated and pull out that microscope. Or better yet, visit your local herp vet. Laziness is inexcusable when it comes to the health of the animals in your care. If you are unwilling to care for them properly, you shouldn't have them.

: : Good luck,
: : Ronda

I've been dealing with other colubrids(mostly mmilks) for over 10 years and I have a good grasp of how to medicate. Shotgunning wc animals with flagyl and panacure was a highly successful method to rid specimens of internal parasites I've used for a long time. I haven't dealt with any wc in the past 5 yrs and instead of treating the specimens with techniques more than 5 years old I asked the forum for a possible diagnosis to possibly find any new techniques(such as a particular order in medicating) being used and have had to defend my patience. WC ratsnakes are not the best specimens to work with and they should not evoke an emotional response to legitamate questions. I consider this forum to be a tool like any other tool in treating, medicating,housing or reproducing specimens in my collection. I'll understand if others want to contribute to the forum and I'll encourage this but kindly hold off your emotional responses for those roadkills, deformed young, or a "my cats stuck in the tree" story. So I was lazy last night, it happens, please be constructive with your critcizms or at least point me in the right direction(the last time I went to a vet with a sick snake he charged me big $$$ and it died on the way home from HIM overmedicating it. ).I was just asking simple symptomatic diagnosis from experienced keepers with similar problems, I wont ask again.

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: : : ...until you know what you're treating for. Guessing at a culprit and treating incorrectly could be just as damaging as not treating at all. Best to get motivated and pull out that microscope. Or better yet, visit your local herp vet. Laziness is inexcusable when it comes to the health of the animals in your care. If you are unwilling to care for them properly, you shouldn't have them. : : : Good luck, : : : Ronda : I've been dealing with other colubrids(mostly mmilks) for over 10 years and I have a good grasp of how to medicate. Shotgunning wc animals with flagyl and panacure was a highly successful method to rid specimens of internal parasites I've used for a long time. I haven't dealt with any wc in the past 5 yrs and instead of treating the specimens with techniques more than 5 years old I asked the forum for a possible diagnosis to possibly find any new techniques(such as a particular order in medicating) being used and have had to defend my patience. WC ratsnakes are not the best specimens to work with and they should not evoke an emotional response to legitamate questions. I consider this forum to be a tool like any other tool in treating, medicating,housing or reproducing specimens in my collection. I'll understand if others want to contribute to the forum and I'll encourage this but kindly hold off your emotional responses for those roadkills, deformed young, or a "my cats stuck in the tree" story. So I was lazy last night, it happens, please be constructive with your critcizms or at least point me in the right direction(the last time I went to a vet with a sick snake he charged me big $$$ and it died on the way home from HIM overmedicating it. ).I was just asking simple symptomatic diagnosis from experienced keepers with similar problems, I wont ask again.

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