Good vets in NYC?

[JackDanielsBABY]

Anyone in the NYC area know of a good reptile vet? I have one at West Side Vet and I'm not too fond of them there. I would like to look into finding a better place.

Here is an example of why I'm not too fond of them: Keep in mind this was a basic checkup - When talking to her about the habitat and feeding I was told to up the temp between 90-95. That made me question if she knew what was going on. Then she was looking at the saddles on the tail and almost seemed suprised that it was red! I had already told her she is a "redtail" boa and she said that the tail sould darken in time to the point of being brown like the rest of her body. And as for feeding, I was basically told to power feed her. She said to feed her every couple days with a few mouse fuzzies (that was all I had at the time). I knew that she was being underfed which I realized and have since rectified the situation, but to feed her every couple days just didn't seem right. By the end of the session I learned that her mouth was a little on the white side, that was the only thing that the vet seemed confident about. So I walked out with a few syringes of Baytrill and one injection already in her. I did not have a chance to look this up but I did see a post that knocked it.

So if anyone could please help me in finding someone they trust with their herps that would be great.

Thanks

JD


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[phaedrus]

JD,

Try here:

Herp Vet Connection

or

ARAV - go to the members section and they're listed by state. I'm at work at the moment and the #$%^&#$%^&#$%^&#$%^& firewall is blocking me from that site. [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_evil.gif[/img]

I'm sure the other New Yorkers should be able to lend you some good advice as well.
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[JackDanielsBABY]

thanks - I actually did a search in other forums after I posted that and came across the herp vet connection site and called - they seem AMAZING! I have an appt in a couple weeks. Thanks for the info - I'll check out the other one. BTW - I can't go to the expo on the 8th. I'm going out of town for a bit and I'm going to miss it. I am going to the one in Indy this weekend while I'm visiting the folks.

Thanks again,

JD
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[phaedrus]

#$%^&#$%^&#$%^&#$%^&. Oh well. Maybe next time. There will always be reptile shows! [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
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