» Site Navigation
0 members and 724 guests
No Members online
Most users ever online was 47,180, 07-16-2025 at 05:30 PM.
» Today's Birthdays
» Stats
Members: 75,905
Threads: 249,102
Posts: 2,572,091
Top Poster: JLC (31,651)
|
-
Registered User
Looking for a little experience here!
So, I picked up another ball at a show a little over a week ago. He is a grown normal het for Albino and I didnt pay a ton of money for him so I thought I got a great deal!!
I thought wrong. When I first looked at him he had some stuck shed on him which I didnt think to much about. Other than that he looked great.
I let him be in the rack the first two days at home so he could acclimated a bit, on the third day I took him out of his tub and noticed what I thought was a hiss at first but then he did it over and over, more like a wheezing and I kept him out a little longer and I heard a bubbling and popping. I know these are all signs of RI so I cranked up the heat a bit because I have read that it can help early in a RI. Tonight I opened the tub and the same thing is still going on, maybe a little worse so tomorrow I am going to get him to the vet.
Sorry for the length of the story but my question is simple, I have never had one of my snakes get sick and now I bought one from a breeder that is already sick, what can I expect to pay to get this guy healthy?
Ball Pythons:
0.2 Normal
1.0 Spider
1.0 Pastel
1.0 Albino
1.0 Het Albino
Corn Snakes:
1.0 Snow
1.0 Red Tailed Boa.
-
-
It really depends on the vet you find. Mine just charged me 87.50 for the office call and gave me the meds free. Then when we switched to a different med, he sold me the new med for $4.50. I am under $100 with my RI for one snake.
-
-
Ah that stinks. One thing about shows, is that the snakes aren't in heat for a least a day or two. Depending on the breeder it's possible that they have been quite a bit colder than they should have gotten. Moving them to and from the show can be troublesome when it's cold outside. I would hope that's how the snake got RI, and not that the breeder knew that it had RI.
I can't tell you about the price though. I haven't dealt with a sick snake either.
-
-
-
-
Most of my vet visits have cost me around 150-200.00 and that's with my personal discount from my vet bc I'm the local rescuer.
-
-
I was very fortunate in my reptile vet when my rescue got a severe RI.
$30 for the office visit, another $30 for the antibiotic shots. When one course did not completely knock it out, they let me buy another round without an additional office visit.
In general, plan on $100 to $150.
Gale
1.0 Low-white Pied - Yakul | 1.0 Granite het Pied - Nago
1.0 Mojave - Okoto | 1.0 Vanilla - Kodama
1.0 Pastel - Koroku | 1.0 Fire - Osa
0.1 het Pied - Toki | 0.1 het Pied - Mauro
0.1 Mojave - Kina | 0.1 Blushback Cinnamon - Kuri
0.1 Fire - Mori | 0.1 Reduced Pinstripe - Sumi
0.1 Pastel - Yuki | 0.1 Dinker Normal - Akashi
0.1 Ghana Giant Normal - Tatari | 0.1 Dinker Normal - Kaiya
-
-
Re: Looking for a little experience here!
 Originally Posted by angllady2
I was very fortunate in my reptile vet when my rescue got a severe RI.
$30 for the office visit, another $30 for the antibiotic shots. When one course did not completely knock it out, they let me buy another round without an additional office visit.
In general, plan on $100 to $150.
Gale
I'd be beyond ecstatic if I found a vet who only charges $30 for a visit! You're lucky
1.0 '12 Irian Jaya Carpet Python
0.1 '09 Normal BP
1.0 '07 Normal BP
1.0 '08 Pinstripe BP
0.0.1 Nelson's Milk Snake
____________________
0.2 Horses (Egyptian Arabian & Tennessee Walker)
2.2 Dogs
1.1 Cats

-
-
Registered User
I actually have an appointment at the vet tomorrow morning at 8:30, the cost of the office visit is $40 so I guess I can live with that, I was thinking this thing was gonna cost me lots of cash!! Once all said and done if I'm right around $100 or so I will still be pleased with my purchase I guess, not as much as I would be if he was already healthy but I guess this is part of it...
Thanks for all the replies!
Ball Pythons:
0.2 Normal
1.0 Spider
1.0 Pastel
1.0 Albino
1.0 Het Albino
Corn Snakes:
1.0 Snow
1.0 Red Tailed Boa.
-
Posting Permissions
- You may not post new threads
- You may not post replies
- You may not post attachments
- You may not edit your posts
-
Forum Rules
|