respiratory infection or too much to drink?
no no, nellie doesn't like beer. :O right, so anyhow i got nellie out tonight and as she slithered over my arm and downward several drops of clearish fluid ran out of her mouth. so i thought oh hell, and ran to the bathroom with her where i could check her under bright lighting. she wasn't too keen on me attempting to pry her mouth open but several times a pretty decent amount of fluid came out while i was messing with her. it was totally clear, not really mucusy looking or feeling--not really thick at all. it looked and felt exactly like when one of my anoles drinks a bunch of water too fast and then jumps around--a bit of clearish fluid like that will leak out of his mouth when he hits whatever it is he jumped on--it's almost like a little water regurgitation. so i'm wondering if maybe nellie had just drank a bunch of water and me getting her out and her being positioned head downward could have stimulated the same sort of water regurg thing. from what i could tell the inside of her mouth didn't look red or inflamed at all but there were some clear water bubbles. :confused: what do you all think?
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fluid and bubbles doesn't sound good. if you squeeze around the jaw/cheekbone area and more fluid comes out i'd say RI. you know what to do, vet and meds asap. hope all goes well for you.
vaughn
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a vet would be your safest bet but if you just picked her up after she took a drink a lil water could come out but not if you sqeezed her jaws and more water came out i am suggesting a vet just to make sure
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yeeah i'm thinking we are going to go see a vet tomorrow. i definitely don't want to mess around if there is any chance that it is an RI. hopefully it isn't...but there were bubbles. :( poor girl.
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yeeah i'm thinking we are going to go see a vet tomorrow. i definitely don't want to mess around if there is any chance that it is an RI. hopefully it isn't...but there were bubbles. :( poor girl.
Good luck. Crossing fingers and hoping its not an RI.
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Best of luck with your girl! Let us know how she's doing.
