Authored by: Christina Miller CAHT/RVT, RLAT, BSc Preventing Husbandry Errors Diet Determining what aspect of an affected pet’s husbandry went wrong may be painfully obvious to the knowledgeable herpetoculturist, or more subtle and requiring a trained eye. Recall that we need to consider aspects of our husbandry that involve nutrition and lighting. Dietary obtainment of […]
Snakes and reptiles don’t make good apparel choices neither do humans as we’ll see. Today I came across what I thought (hoped) would be an intelligent discussion on why it’s never a good idea to place any reptile around your face; much less wrap a snake around your neck. What I saw, was the exact […]
Detecting Metabolic Bone Diseases Authored by: Christina Miller CAHT/RVT, RLAT, BSc In our continuing series Metabolic Diseases in Reptile and Amphibians we learn this week about the techniques and tools used to detect Metabolic Bone Disease in Reptiles Creating an accurate diagnosis has a multi-modal approach from the veterinary team, which will likely include your […]
