How to treat a not severe respiratory infection?

Snake showing signs of respiratory infections not severe no mucus showing but slight wheezing when hissing. What will next step to take be? Thank you

With the issues you have already had I think a vet visit would be your best bet.

Also if you now have signs of an RI it means your cage is not right. Have you ordered a new cage or done anything else to the one you have?

You'll still need to see the vet and make sure the vet does a culture. Because there are a few types of RI, commonly bacterial or viral, and they require different treatments.

Also one of the more important things to do is to take everything out of the enclosure and deep clean and disinfect the whole thing. Separate the suspicious animal from all the others to reduce the risks of cross contamination. Place the animal on paper towels and bump up the temperatures a few degrees. Absolutely make a appointment for the exotic vet before it turns into a severe RI. Good luck and i hope it really isn't a RI.

The same way you treat a severe one, vet + culture + anti-biotics

The difference is that when caught early to you have better chances.

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Thank you guys yes I got an appointment for Tuesday. I'm expecting to get some antibiotics, parasite shot and fluids. Can't wait for Tuesday to be here, in New York there's only one place. Wish my guy luck.

Antibiotics don't fight viral infections, which is why a culture is needed before the vet decides on what to give you.

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Snake showing signs of respiratory infections not severe no mucus showing but slight wheezing when hissing. What will next step to take be? Thank you

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VET VISIT...

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How did the vet visit go?

As KMG asked, what's going with the cage as we had discussed in the other thread? The best vet treatment in the world isn't going to be able to save your snake if its basic requirements in the enclosure aren't met.

If a PVC cage is out of the budget right now, look at making a temporary plastic storage tub setup with a large human heating pad wrapping all the way down one side and a bit underneath as well, and some PVC pipes for branches. A blanket over it all will help get the ambient temperature, as well as give the snake extra security as well. It's stressful for a freshly wild caught snake to adjust to captivity, and the less he sees of people the better. This would be a cheap, easy, and effective setup and can always be re-used as a backup enclosure as well in future.

Glass tanks don't hold heat very well, so unless the whole room is heated to something like 78 or higher, you're going to end up with either overly hot hot spots and/or overly cool cool spots if not overly cool ambient temperature as well. Your tank is also too small for your snake to properly thermoregulate. He needs enough space to be able to fully coil at the temperature range of his choosing, by moving horizontally across the enclosure. Arboreal snakes aren't always able to make good use of a vertical temperature gradient. You need ambient temperature to be 82-84, with hot end 86-90. I would avoid night time drops right now with an RI, so you don't want any part of your enclosure below 80 at any time. A good temp gun is less than $20 on Amazon.com; this is an essential tool for keeping reptiles and well worth the money.

I just thought I'd mention, I caught my bp making noises like you described one night. My cousin told me it could be URI or the humidity was too high. I stopped misting the cage and that was that.

I live in the deep south(high humidity), so that has something to do with it.