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Gregory Mertz, DVM

Gregory A. Mertz, D.V.M.

Gregory A. Mertz, D.V.M.

Gregory A. Mertz, D.V.M., Chairman of the Board, 16 years at the New England Wildlife Center, author of twenty some popular and technical articles on natural history and medicine; designer of the center's educational and medical programs, fundraiser and executive director, veterinarian, and naturalist who can spout the identifications, lore and uses of over 400 woodland plants, visionary of the new "Thomas E. Curtis Wildlife Hospital and Education Center", staff photographer, created the internship program, SEVENS and As Clear As Mud educational curricula, author of the center's newsletter.

Some veterinarians specialize in pets that slither, scamper, or hop. Dr. Gregory Mertz, who has a Massachusetts practice called the Odd Pet Vet, specializes in exotic pets such as snakes. He also treats iguanas and shiny lizards called skinks, as well as a variety of spiders, turtles, rodents—even alligators. One of his patients is a yellow and white, seven-foot-long python named Slick. During one visit Dr. Mertz treated the fifteen-pound snake for a respiratory infection. On a different occasion he performed surgery on a python that had eaten a pair of its owner’s underwear.

Because of his unique specialty, Dr. Mertz is always prepared to face the unexpected. One man brought in his tarantula because it lost a leg when a book fell on it. Another brought in a pet daddy longlegs spider that was infested with mites. Dr. Mertz has treated turtles with mouth sores, salamanders with infections, and iguanas refusing to eat. A panicked woman brought in her son’s frog after she had accidentally washed it in the washing machine. To the mother’s relief, Dr. Mertz was able to treat the frog, and she took it back home.

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