#I’ve had/have WAY more ‘exotic’ species than this 😭 | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

overwhelmed-frog · 7 months ago

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had to bring my african fat-tailed gecko to the vet (this is my first time at this clinic because my old exotic vet left the practice), and the doctor gave me a care sheet about leopard geckos and I ???? they do look very similar and have similar husbandry in some ways but AFTs are from Madagascar… where it is humid… and leopard geckos (which I also have) are from like Iran and Afghanistan… where it is decidedly not humid. and he was talking to me about keeping humidity down and???? again??? he’s from the rainforest??? 😭 I think this man doesn’t realize this is an AFT he’s looking at, not a leopard gecko and I’m ???

#it’s mostly fine bc I’m here bc he has stomatitis and they’re gonna get him on meds and it should clear up #so I’m not really here for husbandry advice #but it doesn’t necessarily instill confidence in this man when he seems not to know what kind of animal he’s looking at #and to be clear when I made this appointment I definitely told them what species he is #so theoretically should it not be in his file???#why must it be so hard to find an exotic vet who knows what the fuck they’re talking about 😭#this is not the first time I have had an experience like this :/#african fat tails aren’t even uncommon as pets!!#I’ve had/have WAY more ‘exotic’ species than this 😭#I had to pay this man $86 #ked rambles

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