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Postby Herptiles.net » Mon Mar 31, 2008 7:49 pm

It's a hefty book at 1200 pages, I paid almost $200 CDN for it the year after it came out. If you have a large collection and you're serious, it's a great investment. But, it is absolutely not a replacement for a qualified reptile vet (because I know that somebody will be thinking it!). It's directed towards veterinarians, so it's not a light read to flip through, you need some prior knowledge of biology/medicine.

The first edition can be found cheaper, but it's only 600 pages, and was published 11-12 years ago... so I don't recommend it considering the advances that have been made in herp medicine.

New edition, at the publisher:
http://www.us.elsevierhealth.com/product.jsp?lid=5&iid=0&sid=409&isbn=9780721693279

(Also available on Amazon!)
Christina Miller, CAHT, RLAT
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Postby Usersafe » Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:26 pm

Luckily I have a qualified reptile vet about 4 miles from my house here in KC and my sister and brother-in-law are both vets so I have good resources at my disposal. Thanks again.

Steve

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Postby Reptilestop » Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:37 pm

I had a nasty mite problem on my boas and none of the mite solutions worked. Finally a breeder told me to get a lice and bedding spray (I got the walmart brand), take the snakes out, spray the cage & everything in it, wait for it to air out and then just put them back in. I did this twice, waiting about 10 days between. I never saw another mite. Would that work the same for BTS?
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Postby Scotts1au » Mon Mar 31, 2008 10:49 pm

Reptilestop wrote:I had a nasty mite problem on my boas and none of the mite solutions worked. Finally a breeder told me to get a lice and bedding spray (I got the walmart brand), take the snakes out, spray the cage & everything in it, wait for it to air out and then just put them back in. I did this twice, waiting about 10 days between. I never saw another mite. Would that work the same for BTS?


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