Author: KEVIN WRIGHT, DVM, DABVP (RA)
Does Your Tortoise Have Herpesvirus Of Tortoises, Chelonid Herpesvirus?
Causes
Herpesvirus. There are many different kinds of herpesvirus and not all of them cause overt signs of illness.
Species At-Risk
Testudo s [...]
Diagnosing And Treating Dysecdysis aka Retained Shed
Causes
Dysecdysis means an abnormal shedding of the dead outer skin of a reptile. It often indicates suboptimal husbandry, however it may be a sign [...]
Retained Eyecaps In Reptiles Causes And Solutions
Causes
A spectacle is the fused eyelid of a squamate reptile. A retained spectacle is when this fused eyelid does not come off with the rest of the [...]
Causes, Prevention, And Treatment Of Snake Mites, Acariasis
Causes
Ophionyssus natricis is very common in snakes and occasionally infests lizards. Trombiculid mites (chiggers). Ophionyssus acertin [...]
CANV In Reptiles
Yellow fungus, Chrysosporium anamorph of Nannizziopsis vriesii, CANV
Causes
CANV is likely the underlying cause of many infections in older lite [...]
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