I have brought my other pets to an exotic vet here before that did payment options. Last time I was there was 6 months ago. On May 28th I bought a ball python and yesterday I notice some very tell tale signs of an RI. Today she worse. Mucus all over the cage, popping noises are worse, bubbles from the nose and her mouth is constantly open. She is very sick and literally got worse over night. Three days ago I raised her humidity because she went into blue phase shed and I am worried that this had made it worse. Yesterday I immediately removed the wet substrate and dried the sides of the cage when I noticed the symptoms.
The vet I use stopped doing payment options two months ago. I seriously had no clue that they stopped doing that and even though I can afford small vet bills, snakes are extremely expensive here. I would be lying if I said I did not rely on that payment option that they no longer have and I feel so horrible. I have never had a problem where one of my animals is sick and I could not do anything about it. An RI is deadly to snakes and contagious. It is a good thing I do a 90 quarantine so she has not been in contact with my other snakes. But still, what are the chances of my other snakes getting the RI? They are in separate rooms and have been since I got her in May.
Anyway, my question is, will she be okay until Tuesday when she goes to see the vet? Do I have any other options to help her until then?
I have never dealt with an RI in my snakes before but I have only been keeping them for a year. I am very worried.
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