Sounds like it is time for a new vet!!!!! Geez talk about giving the wrong answer!! I would call around for just in cases. I am a newbie to all this too but I always read about seperating them and then if one does pass away you need to find someone to do a necropsy just to find out if something serious did happen... to most people they are just to eat, but to me now they are my cute pets that give me yummy eggs