I'm still interested in hearing the answers to the questions Rick posed.
Were I the seller, I'd want to see better documentation on this.
I'd also like to know what the buyer's quarantine procedures are. How did anything get passed to the fat tails, if proper quarantine was followed? That alone calls the buyer's husbandry into question.
All I see are questionable veterinary practices and questionable husbandry practices so far, provided the letter which was photographed -- not scanned, the file name is from a sony digital camera's auto numbering -- is legit. I'd like to see if the seller or anyone else can verify the letter. I'd assume it's up to the seller, since the vet didn't invite any of us to call.
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Originally posted by Rick Staub
I haven't got the experience that some of you have at evaluating all the evidence, but I find this letter from the vet to be highly questionable. First off, every vet I have ever visited has a folder with write up sheets for every animal. Should be easy enough to pull out this folder and the specific evaluation for that animal and that day and copy it.
Second, I agree with Darin that no vet is going to mistakenly use autopsy in place of necropsy.
In the letter, the vet deduced that fluid in the lungs meant pnuemonia and prescribed tetracycline. Every vet that I know of would have run a culture to determine the the actual infective agent. Where are the culture results? I really have to question the competance of this vet if she/he is real. Why prescribe tetracycline for what sounds like a respiratory infection. Any vet worth their salt knows that in reptiles you need an antibiotic that will be active for gram-negative (hope I got that right) bacteria so an antibiotic like Baytril or Amykacin is preferred. What happened to the accusation that the geckos died of cellulitis? So we have gone from a skin disorder to a respiratory infection.
Sorry but this story is all over the board with no pictures and no documentation.
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