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How to help your reptile live better.

Cited husbandry. Not a Kealy-style weight trial.

1. Diet changes with species, age and environment. Do not feed live rodents.

   Identify the species before filling the bowl.

   reviewed fact Merck, reptiles

   Where: WildVet, La Reina. Or ask at your clinic.

2. A thermal gradient is required. Hot rocks burn. Glass filters UVB.

   Check heat and light today; skip the “hot rock.”

   reviewed fact Merck, reptiles

   Where: WildVet, La Reina. Or ask at your clinic.

3. One species per enclosure. Quarantine 3 to 6 months for a new arrival.

   Do not mix origins; write down temperature and changes.

   reviewed fact Merck, reptiles

   Where: WildVet, La Reina. Or ask at your clinic.

More detail: exotics.

Rabbit and guinea pig: small mammals. Birds: birds.