Help!!!

3 weeks ago I was in the hospital for my baby that was born and we had to stay for 1 week. During that week it go down into the upper 20's. I have my ball pythons in my shed in a rack system with heaters in the shed to keep temps warm but the blew during that week we was in the hospital. So this is where the help comes in, 1 normal female had ri and I took to a friend breeder to try and fix her well she passed away. Now the other day another normal female I have (this is after the first one passed) now has ri also. I caught it early and another breeder said keep soaking her in warm water and she seems to be doing a lot better. Today I went to clean out tubes and a male pastel has ri now also. No plans of breeding him he's just in my collection because he's my first ball Python. What should I do to fix them? We have no vets to my knowledge that handles reptiles. How can they get ri? I moved them in my house where temps are perfect now. Is it an air born sickness that one snake can get from another?

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Where are you based?

Maybe someone on here can recommend a vet somewhere near you.

Ridgeland sc.

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Anything I can do for now?

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Cold temperatures weaken the immune system and that allows pathogens to set in and the cause the infection; in addition to this, there are those specialized "nasties" that seem to be able to sub due even the perfect set of lymphocytes. I have never heard of soaking, but there are about a million different ways to go about solving any problem I suppose. Mild cases can usually be solved at home by elevating temps and I always elevated humidity as well, but the former is a greater priority; however, since it is spreading, your most effective route will be prescription antibiotics, Baytril is quite commonly prescribed, RI is pretty common so any vet around you should have enough knowledge to help you out or at least have a a colleague that could guide him or her. Until you can get to a vet though make sure you can stabilize those temps to about 90F and make sure you are washing your hands well.

Yep I got all of em inside. I keep germ ex on hand and always use it every time I put a snake back. And I'll call a local vet to see what they say.

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A vet visit is the way to go for sure. You could try nebulizing with f10 as some have had good experiences with it. There is a bhb youtube video about as well. Good luck to you and I hope they all get better soon.

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Originally Posted by Physician&Snakes

Cold temperatures weaken the immune system and that allows pathogens to set in and the cause the infection; in addition to this, there are those specialized "nasties" that seem to be able to sub due even the perfect set of lymphocytes. I have never heard of soaking, but there are about a million different ways to go about solving any problem I suppose. Mild cases can usually be solved at home by elevating temps and I always elevated humidity as well, but the former is a greater priority; however, since it is spreading, your most effective route will be prescription antibiotics, Baytril is quite commonly prescribed, RI is pretty common so any vet around you should have enough knowledge to help you out or at least have a a colleague that could guide him or her. Until you can get to a vet though make sure you can stabilize those temps to about 90F and make sure you are washing your hands well.

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This is the way to go IMO.
Keep soaking in warm water, do not share water bowls, wash your hands and give antibiotics.

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