The Lizard Doctor

12/11/2025

Excited to have another paper published!! Lot of hard work paying off!

Definitive diagnosis of hypovitaminosis A is underperformed in reptiles with minimal understanding of effects of therapies beyond changes in clinical …

27/06/2025

Preventative bearded dragon spays are a thing.

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25/06/2025

Reptile surgery is one of my favorite parts of the job. Here is a preventative spay on a female bearded dragon. Doing a presurgical ultrasound to confirm size of follicles for a second time. And then a cool shot mid surgery of the follicles of one o***y.

24/06/2025

Just hanging out with my buddy here! White rhinos are so cool. This guy is so friendly. And he loves the shade!

23/06/2025

Perks of being an exotic veterinarian. You get to feed giraffes!

19/05/2025

Foreign bodies can be a scary but common incident in larger tortoises when they eat things they should not. Here is a case of an African spurred tortoise “Sulcata” (Centrochelys sulcata) that ate some rocks. This happens more then you think and is important to not have rocks small enough for them to eat in their enclosures. Thankfully with the help of endoscopy and then medications it was able to pass all the stones before needing to do a plastronotomy.

17/05/2025

This guy was in today getting a wellness checkup. He is a Blue-Tongued Skink (Tiliqua scincoides). These guys are omnivores and tend to be very outgoing and have great personalities. He was a pleasure to work with!

16/05/2025

Just another day as an exotic veterinarian. Today’s addition included a baby kangaroo!

13/05/2025

Shell deformity’s can be seen due to developmental, husbandry, or physical injury. This three toed box turtle (Terrapene carolina triunguis) was born with an abnormal shell and has gotten basically external “braces” to help slowly lift the shell. We have successfully lifted the shell 9 mm in two months! Sadly there are some forces and kinking occurring in the caudal aspect of the deformity impeding full correction and the shell is solidifying more as it grows, but still has some nice improvement! This will give him more space for his lungs and internal organs as he grows.

13/05/2025

Blessed to have been given a grant by Harrison’s Bird Foods to help gain a better understanding in normal vitamin A levels in budgies (Melopsittacus undulatus). Here are some of the birds used in the study. Vitamin A deficiency is a common illness seen in budgies due to poor diets and nutritional deficits. harrisonsbirdfoods Harrison's Bird Foods

31/12/2024

Check out the first live stream of my podcast The Lizard Doctor Show. This one is on brumation for bearded dragons. My goal is to make it more user friendly as we go. But wanted to get something out there.

The winter is coming! No literally and this video was put together by request of my clients to help put a summary of detailed information about brumation in ...

29/12/2024

Another great year is coming to an end. As a tradition I am sharing the breakdown of 500+ reptile and amphibian cases that I saw this year! Even though my year was limited with having missing 2 months due to an injury I still saw 51 different species including a few endangered species!