Ok well this started 8 months ago when I bought my female dumerils boa. When I got her home I realised she had an RI.. a bad one. Nice of the people to sell me a sick snake.

Now 8 months and over $1000 later she is still sick. We first tried the antibiotic Amakacin.. sorta maybe worked, then Fortaz. That worked. Hey, look she's better! Two weeks later, she's bubbling and wheezing again. Ok, we try Amakacin AND Fortaz.. she's mostly better. Few days later, she's worse. Get another round (another $100 to the vet) she's mostly better.. get another round ($100) she's mostly better.. but not quite.. and here we are.

About a month ago my male surinam boa started bubbling. Go to vet.. $180 get Fortaz.. at this point he seems better again.

A week after the surinam goes, my female roughscaled sand boa has an RI. She's still on Fortaz now, and seems to be getting better..?

Now.. I have a specked king I think may have a RI, and tonight I see that my female blood has one too.

What is going on?!! I can not afford this much longer.. My ambient temps in both herp rooms (there is a quarantine room which is filling up) is 80-84 degrees all the time. Everyone is either in a rack or boaphile cage and is on flexwatt with thermostats. Cages cleaned every week.. I use disposable water dishes replaced every week for everyone but the big snakes which have theirs disinfected weekly. I wash my hands very thoroughly before and after handling any snake, and I always deal with the established collection before quarantines.

I am at a loss and am very frustrated at this point. Oh, and I think my BP is sick too.

Oh and one more.. my hog island is a mystery. I spent about $1000 on her at the vet too thinking she's got RI.. nothing worked. We tried three antibiotics, and did a lung wash.. nothing worked. Well, she had rubbed her nose so badly that she has no nostrils anymore, so she breathes with her mouth open.. so we don't even know if she's sick (bubbly red mouth) or just has issues because she has no nose.