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No sick animal should ever be on public display in a petstore. One of the number one requirements for successful rehab is being left alone with as little traffic as possible so they aren't stressed by snotnosed kids rapping on the glass. Even respectful people just walking by will keep them edgy and irritated when they don't feel good. So they fact that this guy has a sick emerald out for everyone to look at tells me he has no idea what he's dealing with. Please find out what the heat and humidity readings are. A very common mistake in keeping emeralds is overheating. People think that because the tropical rainforests temps are usually in the high 80s that emeralds should be kept that way too. But...up in the trees where they live, it is a good bit cooler and breezy. I keep my South american arboreals at 82 warm eide and 78ish cool side and have never had one puke or become ill.....ever. I let the humidity vary between 60-80 for the emerald....50-80 for the amazons....and the GTP I keep a little warmer and between 60-100 humidity. Emeralds are the least forgiving of temp/humidity requirements. They are also the pickiest eaters. Any little mistake in husbandry will cause any number of problems. Once an emerald begins puking...it is very hard to get them to stop. Of all the boids, they probably have the slowest metabolism too and any attempt to over feed them or feed them too often will result in heartache. A small meal every 3 weeks or so is all they need to grow to their fullest potential....and any good caresheet will agree that forgeting to feed them for an extra week or so is more a blessing than anything else.
This snake may very well have a parasite problem....it is fairly common with wild caught emeralds.....but stress and husbandry mistakes are more likely what is killing him. I can't believe even a non-herp vet wouldn't have tried panacur or flagyl. I think he just told you he took it to a vet so you wouldn't think he's a total heartless moron and he's made his own guess and is just hoping he sells it before it dies.
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