Reptile Medicine Cases Seminar

Question 1

How can you try to tempt a tortoise to eat?

Answer 1

Warm water baths
Provide heat lamps

Question 2

List four reasons why you may wake a tortoise up from hibernation

Answer 2

They loose more then 1% bodyweight a month
They urinate
They sustain any injuries
If they are waking up

Question 3

What is the ideal length of hibernation and what is the maximum length of hibernation?

Answer 3

12 weeks is ideal
Maximum of 16 weeks

Question 4

List two treatments you could use when there is retained shed on the eyes of a reptile

Answer 4

Chloramphenicol eye drops
Fucidic acid eyedrops

Question 5

LIst four factors that may contribute to an impaction in reptiles

Answer 5

Inadequate temperatures
Wrong bedding
Calcium deficiency
GI Parasites

Question 6

What 2 treatments can you recommend for a GI impaction in a reptile?

Answer 6

Saline enema
Oral lactulose

Question 7

How would you treat a retained spectacle on a snake?

Answer 7

Lubricate first with artifical tear and use a cotton bud to shift off eye