Authored by: Christina Miller CAHT/RVT, RLAT, BSc In Part 1 of Metabolic Bone Diseases in Reptiles and Amphibians, we explored how a healthy herp will maintain normal calcium levels in the blood, and touched on how it goes wrong with inappropriate husbandry. Now, we’ll take a closer look at what malfunctions in the affected animal’s body in response […]
Why Your Vet is Always Wrong We see it across social media almost weekly if not more often. Someone in our network of ‘friends’ talking about a sick reptile they took to their veterinarian and how the veterinarian summarily killed their beloved pet; of course for the extra flair the veterinarian was unskilled. I’ve got […]
Feeding the Feeders Q&A with Rat Pack Rattery Here we are again with another installment of Feeding the Feeder. Just for clarification our Featured Feeder this round is rodents. With the use of rodents the Reptile Apartment Group advises the use of frozen then thawed rodents only. This of course requires euthanasia of the rodent. […]
