mark (04/01/83)
i like to keep reptiles, especially snakes, but do not know as much about their diseases and health care as i would like to. all the books i have ever found in the library about keeping reptiles devote very little space to this. can anyone suggest books or journals on the subject? where do vets go to learn about reptiles? (those that do, of course. i know of only three in or near toronto that will even think of looking at a snake). i recently found (in a pet store - i didn't invent it) a good way to get rid of ticks on snakes: put a flea collar in with them. i tried it on one of my boa constrictors, and in four days all his ticks were dead. unfortunatly, there was a new crop in a couple of weeks. i suppose that there were eggs which were not hurt by the collar. i have it back in place, and hope to kill a whole generation of ticks this time. mARK bLOORE univ or toronto