Reptile & amphibian husbandry

In reptile and amphibian medicine the husbandry is the history. Temperature, humidity, lighting and diet explain most of what walks through the door, so we ask about them before the exam rather than during it.

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Reptiles and amphibians

How your animal is kept

Answer what you know. If you are not sure of a temperature or a bulb, say so — a blank or an “I don’t know” is more useful than a number nobody measured.

You

First name *

Last name *

Email *

Phone *

Your animal

Name *

Species (optional)

Age, or best estimate (optional)

Sex, if known (optional)

How long have you had it? (optional)

Where did it come from? (optional)

Do you keep other reptiles or amphibians? *

Yes No

If yes, what kind — and are they housed together? (optional)

The enclosure

Enclosure type *

Dimensions, L × W × H (optional)

Substrate (optional)

Furniture — hides, branches, water features (optional)

Heat, humidity and light

How is the enclosure heated, and how is the temperature measured? (optional)

How is humidity measured, and what is it? (optional)

What lighting do you use? (optional)

Is there UVB, and how often is the bulb replaced? (optional)

Does your animal get any natural sunlight? *

Food and water

What do you feed, and how often? *

Supplements (optional)

How is water provided? (optional)

Last shed, if it applies (optional)

Aquatic animals — how do you measure water quality? (optional)

Photographs of the enclosure

Upload photographs (optional, up to four)

A wide shot of the whole enclosure and a close-up of the heat and light fittings tell us more than any answer above. You can also text them to 480-585-3512.

This goes into your animal’s record and is read before the exam. We do not sell it. What we collect and who receives it.

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Mon–Fri 7:30 AM – 6:00 PM
Sat 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Sun closed

Bring, if you can

Photographs of the enclosure as it normally is
The supplement and food packaging
Your thermometer and hygrometer readings from this week

Transport

Bring your animal in a secure, escape-proof container, warm in winter and out of direct sun in summer. Call us first if you are not sure.

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What we treat, and who treats it →

The current version of this form asks thirty-four questions as thirty-four separate boxes, most of them a single line. This one keeps every clinical question and groups them the way a veterinarian asks them — heat with the thermometer that measured it, light with the bulb that produces it — so the answers arrive as a picture of the enclosure rather than as a list.

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Birds — before a first visit

Surgery & sedation consent

Before an anaesthetic procedure

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