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drache · 03-05-2007, 04:22 PM

Aaahhh!!!
It's all over now.
I didn't get lost this time.
We were the first appointment to get in after the vet came out of surgery.
All my animals look great.
The Ornate Plated Lizard (Honey) turns out to be a male, as does the T. sauritus.
My greedy Plains Garter, Samantha, is going on a diet.
The T. sauritus (now named Olive Schlange) does have Nematodes, but the vet says they'll just work themselves out in the next three months or so - no treatment.
He says he's never worked much with T. cyrtopsis, so he's not entirely certain, but he's never had problems switching garters to pinkies.
I've decided I want them, even if it's a problem.
I brought him four Lizards and six Snakes to look at and he charged me a total of $75.-
We did have the most spectacular driving weather and sky - bright blue sky with black clouds and blizzardy flurries - visibility changing from blindingly bright to stuff flying in my face.
I have often thought of the ample food supply for rat eating snakes in the subway system, but they probably wouldn't like all the vibration and most snakes might not be smart enough to survive in there.
At one of the stations I wait at often, I once counted eight distinctly different looking rats in a five minute time period.
Other than that I'm not sure what even a large snake could protect me from . . .

03-05-2007, 04:22 PM	#3 (permalink)
drache Ophiuchus rhea Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Brooklyn, New York Posts: 4,263 Country:	Re: vet visit anxiety Aaahhh!!! It's all over now. I didn't get lost this time. We were the first appointment to get in after the vet came out of surgery. All my animals look great. The Ornate Plated Lizard (Honey) turns out to be a male, as does the T. sauritus. My greedy Plains Garter, Samantha, is going on a diet. The T. sauritus (now named Olive Schlange) does have Nematodes, but the vet says they'll just work themselves out in the next three months or so - no treatment. He says he's never worked much with T. cyrtopsis, so he's not entirely certain, but he's never had problems switching garters to pinkies. I've decided I want them, even if it's a problem. I brought him four Lizards and six Snakes to look at and he charged me a total of $75.- We did have the most spectacular driving weather and sky - bright blue sky with black clouds and blizzardy flurries - visibility changing from blindingly bright to stuff flying in my face. I have often thought of the ample food supply for rat eating snakes in the subway system, but they probably wouldn't like all the vibration and most snakes might not be smart enough to survive in there. At one of the stations I wait at often, I once counted eight distinctly different looking rats in a five minute time period. Other than that I'm not sure what even a large snake could protect me from . . .