can i take my snakes to a regular vet

[amyb]

hi can i take my snakes to a regular vets or do they have to go somewhere special as one of my snakes is breathing weird and he's very cold all the time he doesn't like going in his hide at all unless you force him by flicking water in his face but sometimes even then he wont stay in there hes a adult ghost corn i don't know where to take him do i go to a normal vet or a special one please help me

[reptiletalk]

Hello,

I am from Cyprus and i am dealing with snakes the last 2.5 years. As far as i know there are not exotic vets in my country so i am the vet of my snakes. Forums and good books helped me all the way. When you are saying is breathing weird what do you mean? What 's the temp in the hide?

[pdomensis]

I would go to an exotic species vet if possible, but definitely go to someone. I would also check the conditions in your setup and make sure everything is correct for your snake. Not going in the hide could indicate that temps are not correct in the hide. You should have 2 hides, one on the warm side and one on the cool side. The snake being cold is a reflection of conditions. Snakes are cold blooded and will be the temp of the surroundings, so if your cage temps are good then the snake will be good also.

Post pics or describe your setup so folks can give advice.

[Zoo Nanny]

There should be exotics vets in the UK. There are a few members here from your area that I'm sure will be on soon and maybe can help.
Instead of flicking water in his face why not just increase the heat in the entire tank?

[amyb]

it is the right temperature for him he just doesn't like it he has two hides and uses none of them he is in a 50L sweater box i had to take one hide out as he didn't have much room left hes a big snake he just doesn't like being in his box at all he prefers being on the bed with me and he is always trying to escape all my snakes are in sweater boxes but i just need to know either yes or no whether i can take him to a regular vet or not

[amyb]

There should be exotics vets in the UK. There are a few members here from your area that I'm sure will be on soon and maybe can help.
Instead of flicking water in his face why not just increase the heat in the entire tank?
his tank is already very warm and i don't flick it in his face i flick it at him

[Zoo Nanny]

So far we have all said exotics vet is better. If you have a regular vet that happens to see snakes in his practice then bring him. He needs to be seen soon.

[Cmwells90]

his tank is already very warm and i don't flick it in his face i flick it at him

What is "Very warm". If we can we'd like to help if it's just a husbandry issue. Can you provide us with the cage temps, how they're measured, how they're regulated, how it's heated, and the humidity?

[shaunyboy]

you need a normal vet with reptile experience mate.....

or if your lucky a proper reptile vet (there's not many around though)



please stop flicking water at your snake to get him to use a hide you think he should be using.....

the snake knows what's best re thermoregulation

all your doing is causing unnecessary stress to the snake.you may even stress him enough to stop him feeding

as long as your temperatures and husbandry is correct.then your snake will use the part of the tank that suits it's needs best at that moment in time


cheers shaun