Incompetent vet

[scott5017]

One of very few? That is an understatement, it might even be the only place to offer such a thing. And it most certainly is recent, general vet training for reptiles and exotics is a few weeks at best, hopefully though in years to come as the hobby expands there will be better training and better facilities to cater for our pets, but right now it stinks.

[d_virginiana]

One of very few? That is an understatement, it might even be the only place to offer such a thing. And it most certainly is recent, general vet training for reptiles and exotics is a few weeks at best, hopefully though in years to come as the hobby expands there will be better training and better facilities to cater for our pets, but right now it stinks.

I know there aren't many, but never thought about it being the only one since I grew up nearby. Haven't done a lot of research on where others are though. I live five minutes from the state's only reptile-specialty clinic, as well as a reptile-equipped vet school, so I don't have to do a lot of looking around
The guy that heads up the exotics-only practice that I posted a link to earlier is one of the educators at the vet school here. I believe that he personally got a lot of those classes started on the veterinary campus.
They also work very closely with reptile rescues in the area, so we actually have several more reptile-knowledgeable facilities that can get access to specialized treatment, and many of the volunteers are reptile owners and vet or pre-vet students at the university.


About general vets though... I think the worst thing is when they aren't willing to admit they don't know what they're doing with herps. They can be really helpful if the owner goes in pretty much knowing what's wrong, or if the owner doesn't feel pressured into accepting treatment for the animal, but they can do a lot of damage if they aren't up front about their experience working with reptiles.