Hissing?

[BuckeyeBalls]

How much would the average vet visit for RI be?

its like $30 visit fee and $30 for the meds

[thedarkwolf25]

its like $30 visit fee and $30 for the meds

That's ALL! I was expecting MUCH MUCH more! Well that's a load off my back, if she ever gets it I know I won't have to sell all my possessions to pay for the vet bill.

[bsavage]

That's ALL! I was expecting MUCH MUCH more! Well that's a load off my back, if she ever gets it I know I won't have to sell all my possessions to pay for the vet bill.

Good!

In regards to your question about humidity, I've seen both answers get kicked around, and I think generally, either extreme is no good, so I would just keep it around normal range, which is high to begin with(55-65) and make sure the heat is up so the snake can fight the infection and dry out the infection. In McCurley's book he says that RI's are caused by a low ambient humidity(amongst other things) and so keeping it higher as opposed to lower is best.

[BuckeyeBalls]

Good!

In regards to your question about humidity, I've seen both answers get kicked around, and I think generally, either extreme is no good, so I would just keep it around normal range, which is high to begin with(55-65) and make sure the heat is up so the snake can fight the infection and dry out the infection. In McCurley's book he says that RI's are caused by a low ambient humidity(amongst other things) and so keeping it higher as opposed to lower is best.

Haha yea iv seen high and low. But most people are saying lower the humidity and raise temps. Her back side has flexwwatt but i went ahead and added a strip to the front of her tub which is set at like 87.

Im not allowing much of a heat gradient due to 3/4 of the tub is between 87-92 but iv been told if u keep em warmer (they may not like it) but it will kick their immune systems into "over drive" to attempt to fight it off.

Not trying to cure it myself but i do not get paid till friday so she can not see vet till friday until them im keeping temps bumped up so it does not progress.

Called vet today the visit is $35 and the meds are between $35-$45 depending on her weight as to how much meds he has to give per injection.

[Elise.m]

Are you sure it's coming from her nose? Maybe she's just passing gas?

[BuckeyeBalls]

Are you sure it's coming from her nose? Maybe she's just passing gas?

Yes i watched her exhale. And the fact shes doing it a lot rules out the passing gas.

[loonunit]

Are you sure it's coming from her nose? Maybe she's just passing gas?

Haha. No, those actually sounds like, you know, passing gas.

My black pastel male whistles when he's moving around a lot. For a while I worried he had an RI, but there wasn't any fluid, or any other signs of a problem.

...two years later, he's still healthy, and he still whistles. I think maybe he just has squashy nasal passageways. Maybe a low-level version of the super black pastel duck-billing?

[KushBall16]

I believe a dimple in the eye is a sign of dehydration...hopefully she'll be all right with the RI

[chaoticstone]

Haha. No, those actually sounds like, you know, passing gas.

My black pastel male whistles when he's moving around a lot. For a while I worried he had an RI, but there wasn't any fluid, or any other signs of a problem.

...two years later, he's still healthy, and he still whistles. I think maybe he just has squashy nasal passageways. Maybe a low-level version of the super black pastel duck-billing?

You may be right my black pastel female does the exact samething when I first got her I was checking her constantly for a RI stuck shed and nothing. I still sometimes check when she does it just to make sure lol.

[maverickgtr]

When we got our female, she had just had a bad shed and was whistling when she was moving with a purpose. When she was "sleeping" or just slowly moving it wasn't there. We took her to the vet and he told us that it was a stuck shed on the inside of her nose and there wasn't anything we could do except wait until her next shed. I didn't check for bubbles in her mouth though and I don't remember what the vet said about other signs of an RI. Sure enough, after her next shed she wasn't whistling at all anymore.

Hopefully it's just some stuck shed in her nose and nothing serious!