Hello,
I've noticed my regular morph ball python wheezing one day, I checked up on him and saw bubbles in his mouth.
I took him to the vet soon after and apparently he had no bubbles this time, he had some strand of substrate stuck in his nose, it was removed and he stopped sniffing.
Not long after he got home he started wheezing again, even had some mucus on his nose, wheezing has been on and off.
I also noted that he was almost cork screwing a bit on and off, and if you flipped him on his back, he wouldn't right himself.
I fear that this is IBD or Nidovirus, the route causes are unknown afaik, but I hear it either comes from other snakes or snake mites(snake mites for IBD atleast).
My ball python has been with been with me for 10 years with no other snakes and he's never had mites afaik.
What's going on?? OMPV??
The vet is prescribing him general antibiotics in the meantime, before we find the illness
The biggest thing that scares me is him not being able to right himself.
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