mucus

[GGALAN]

i was jus holding my ball and all of a sudden a mucus like substance came out of his mouth it was a lot and i held his head and some came out of both his mouth and nostrils. any help would b great i turned up the heat its been a bit colder than usual and i cant go to a vet till next week.

[The Serpent Merchant]

Welcome to the site!

It is very possible that your snake has an upper respiratory infection. RI's need to be taken seriously. When you get him to the vet make sure that the vet does a culture to determine the cause so the proper medication can be prescribed. Until you can get him to the vet bump up his cage temps.

Can you give us some details on how you keep your snake?

Cage type/size
Heat source(s)
Thermometers/hygrometers
thermostats?
substrate/substrate layer thickness

A picture of the cage would be helpful. This thread show how to post pictures: http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...with-pictures)

Here are 2 great threads to help make sure that you have everything right:

Care: http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...ius)-Caresheet

Cage Heating: http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...t-Thermometers

[martin82531]

What does the vet do a culture on? Saliva?


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[wilomn]

It's also possible that your snake had just taken a drink and you tipped it allowing water to flow out of its mouth and nose. If you don't see it happening again, no bubble blowing or excess mucus in the mouth, it may well be nothing. They don't have throats like we do and if you put them head down when they're full of water it can just drain right out.

Pictures of its mouth and head would help.

[GGALAN]

you have a point i put him in a tub with a wet towel for about 20 min to get em cleaned up. and i was holding em and it came out was more of a liquid with some mucus. i was jus wondering im going to take em to the vet on my next day off. thanks