Author: DOUGLAS R. MADER, MS, DVM, DABVP (C/F, R/A)
![The Vet Report: Don’t Diagnose Your Herps Via The Internet. Find A Good Reptile Vet The Vet Report: Don’t Diagnose Your Herps Via The Internet. Find A Good Reptile Vet](https://reptilesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/data-import/a708bf42/monitor-lizard-cancer.jpg)
The Vet Report: Don’t Diagnose Your Herps Via The Internet. Find A Good Reptile Vet
Long-distance medicine is a reality, but it requires trained individuals on both ends of the cyber connection to collect all the data and formulate a [...]
![Baytril: The Overused Herp Antibiotic Baytril: The Overused Herp Antibiotic](https://reptilesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/data-import/4bcd2db0/baytril.jpg)
Baytril: The Overused Herp Antibiotic
Baytril is an excellent, powerful and effective drug. [...]
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The Vet Report: At The First Sign of Illness, Take Your Reptile to a Vet
About five years ago, I wrote about an experience I had at a national reptile expo. Very few people know what I look like, because my mug shot has nev [...]
![The Vet Report: Working On Hot Herps The Vet Report: Working On Hot Herps](https://reptilesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/data-import/4923a577/dr-doug-mader-eastern-diamondback.jpg)
The Vet Report: Working On Hot Herps
I am frequently asked if I will perform veterinary work on “hot,” or venomous, species. The answer is yes. The “hot stuff” is [...]
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Reptile Medicine: It’s Not Always Fun
As a veterinarian, I have certainly experienced “miracle” cases—those in which animals survive and thrive regardless of the odds&mda [...]
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Reptile Fractures: Causes And Practical Therapy
Fractures in captive reptiles are common and are almost always secondary to some form of metabolic bone disease. Nutritional secondary hyperparathyroi [...]
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The Vet Report: Herp First Aid Kit Checklist
It seems as though throughout my life I have lived in places where natural disasters are just a blink away. Whether it was California with the e [...]
![The Vet Report: Sulcata Tortoise Spine Abnormality The Vet Report: Sulcata Tortoise Spine Abnormality](https://reptilesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/data-import/e4051f10/sulcata-tortoise.jpg)
The Vet Report: Sulcata Tortoise Spine Abnormality
Dear Dr. Mader,
I am a tortoise enthusiast and a huge fan of yours. I am in the process of finishing my prerequisite courses for veterinary sch [...]
![The Vet Report: Inclusion Body Disease The Vet Report: Inclusion Body Disease](https://reptilesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/data-import/f3f02cd5/VetRetic-ibd.jpg)
The Vet Report: Inclusion Body Disease
I get a zillion e-mails and calls asking advice about herp cases. This morning, I got a frantic call from a veterinarian about a large python that was [...]
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