ball python has a slight whistle.

she only does it when I am holding her. I think it may be from stress. she still eats every week and I have not seen any secretions from her nose or mouth. At first I thought she may be going into shed but she has not shed yet and i have been hearing this for 2 weeks. Im thinking this is stuck shed from a previous shed but cant see into her nostrils.. what is your oppinion?

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Originally Posted by devinrw

she only does it when I am holding her. I think it may be from stress. she still eats every week and I have not seen any secretions from her nose or mouth. At first I thought she may be going into shed but she has not shed yet and i have been hearing this for 2 weeks. Im thinking this is stuck shed from a previous shed but cant see into her nostrils.. what is your oppinion?

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It's normal.

Snakes often make noises - especially when they are being held or messed with - that emanate from the glottis and the nares. These are usually the expulsion of breath due to stress.

I was actually to the vet recently for something much like this, x2 to Skiploder. Vet said it is most likely to happen when handling or feeding.

*Not saying that it is*, but breathing noises can also be signs of respiratory infections.

my biggest normal bp does the same haha and my girlfriend loves him for that haha she even named him weasly

Huh? Whistling from the glottis isn't a sign of RI?

My black pewter got 14 days of baytril from the vet for nothing?:confusd:

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Originally Posted by alkibp

Huh? Whistling from the glottis isn't a sign of RI?

My black pewter got 14 days of baytril from the vet for nothing?:confusd:

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When the sound is occasional, and produced in situations when the animal is stressed, and when there are no other signs of RI...yes.

Whistling from the glottis is normal and is a by-product of the shape of the glottis X the rush of air forced through it.

Wow I feel like I stressed him for nothing.:(

He still makes a whistling sound when being handled even after 14 days of baytril.

I got a "wheezie" to a rescue bp that had lost the rostral and mental scales during a bad shed.

I know it's an old thread but I have one that started this two weeks ago. Been keeping a close eye on her and she whistles a little when being handled but that's it. No other signs of ri but I am worried. She also had a bad shed her last one. Trying to still get a little off of her. First bad shed of the right snakes I have in 18 months.