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Originally Posted by Toothless
For vet visits, I would rather handle a 3 foot monster than have him sluggish and cold. Not only would it break my heart to see him like that, but I can't imagine shocking his system would be less stressful than a few minutes of forced handling. I'm sure there may be a situation where the cooling method would have its benefits, but I cannot think of any off-hand.
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When my Ornate monitor was being treated he was relatively calm throughout, the only time he showed signs of discomfort was when the vet tried to get some blood, he needed to insert the needle 3 or 4 times (into the tailbase). During the scan they said he sat perfectly quietly (I wasn`t allowed in), there were 3 or 4 people in the room with him and he wasn`t familiar with any of them to any great extent. He was 7.5 feet, so I`m sure a relatively small but adult sized Savannah monitor could be handled fairly easily.
Is it stressful, yes of course, but there are times when that`s unavoidable.
One more reason we owe it to them to at least try and gain their "trust" and hopefully we`re able to handle (as in pick up) to some extent.
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