Snot bubble a sign of RI?

[BPSnakeLady]

First of all, I AM calling the vet in the morning, I'd just like some input in the mean time.

The situation; i'm paranoid. Since Santiago (boa) died on Sun, I've been hyper-vigilant with my other snakes. Checking temps, water, substrate, anywho, I just checked on them and discovered Livia.2 (het caramel Albino) had shed. One nice piece, then she proceeded to poop all over it eeeew.

So I went ahead, wiped her down with a damp paper towel, cleaned her tub while daughter held her and got a fresh paper towel to lay down. Daughter started to laugh (13) and said Livia.2 was blowing a snot bubble. I looked and sure enough was a snot bubble that would make any toddler proud.

I took her and listened for wheezing, but didn't hear any though daughter (who got serious when I explained to her about a possible RI) said she thought she heard clicking sounds.

I've never heard pf a snake blowing a snot bubble which is why I'm suspicious there's an RI. Is there anything I should do to make her more comfy while we wait to call the vet? Or am I overreacting?

[Sauzo]

Is she stargazing, sitting with her mouth open, making noises, blowing bubbles or frothing at the mouth? Those are obvious signs. As for helping till you get to the vet, you can raise the temp a few degrees to create a "fever" which helps reptiles own immune system fight the bacteria/virus. Also lowering the humidity helps too. Usually RI is caused by husbandry issues which lowers the animals own immune system so I would start by rechecking everything and be sure to use something like Chlorhexadine/Novalson or antibacterial soap between each animal so you don't spread it.

[BPSnakeLady]

Is she stargazing, sitting with her mouth open, making noises, blowing bubbles or frothing at the mouth?

Nope. With the exception of that one bubble, I haven't seen her displaying that sort of behavior. But I'll be watching her closely today because I may have missed seeing it.

Those are obvious signs. As for helping till you get to the vet, you can raise the temp a few degrees to create a "fever" which helps reptiles own immune system fight the bacteria/virus. Also lowering the humidity helps too.

Ok. Good to know.

Usually RI is caused by husbandry issues which lowers the animals own immune system so I would start by rechecking everything and be sure to use something like Chlorhexadine/Novalson or antibacterial soap between each animal so you don't spread it.

Gotcha. Thank you. I appreciate it. here's a pic of her, in her just shed glory.
I checked on her just now. She was all curled up, nose under coils.

[Kibbleswhites]

Dont worry yet. You will know if she has a RI. I have seen healthy pythons with a single bubble before, usually it is produced with a loud hiss, after a meal, just before a shed, or after a drink. Just watch her and listen for noise coming from her tub. As a precaution I would raise the temps a bit for a while.

[BPSnakeLady]

I havent seen/heard anything else that makes me think she's sick. We had a non-snake issue rear it's head yesterday(kid/school/teen headeskery moments) and I didn't get a chance to call the vet. :/

As she's in a rack setup, i'm a touch baffled at how to lower the humidity. Temps, no prob, bumped it up. Humidity however, well i was going to see about switching to aspen not ppr towels and see if that changes anything.