Respitory Infection?

Today while watching my snake roam around its cage i noticed that is seemed to open its mouth a few time in a rather short perior of time (15 minutes). Is this a normal behavior or as the title says is it a respitory infection?

Do you hear any wheezing or clicking in his breathing? There is a difference between open mouth breathing associated with an advanced RI and the snake just realigning its jaws or even yawning. If you are at all concered though, a vet visit might be in order. RIs can kill if left untreated. Hope this helps!

Jamie

No i have not yet hears her wheeze. So it just could be yawning. It just concerned me because it was like 3 or 4 time in 10-15 minutes.

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Originally Posted by Bucko

No i have not yet hears her wheeze. So it just could be yawning. It just concerned me because it was like 3 or 4 time in 10-15 minutes.

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I am just speculating, but I find myself wondering if maybe they "yawn" when they are feeling a bit nervous or stressed? I saw Kisasa yawn several times in a short period of time right after I got her and set her up in her new home. Since then, I've only seen her realign her jaws after eating and that's it.

Thanks a lot JLC

I just went through an RI infection with my adult male rescue, he was whistling when he breathed, at first I thought it was shed stuck in his nose and I did remove a large piece from his nose and the whistling stopped and returned the next day so off to the vet he went, I caught it on the onset so it wasn't advanced by any means and only required 4 injections to clear, this does not sound like an RI to me but a vet visit may give you peace of mind.

Ok so while holding my ball python, I put her up to my ear because i though I was hearing a noise come from her. When she was by my ear i heard a feint whistling noise. The person who posted the message before me said they heard whistiling and it was a RI. So if i hear whistling i should assume a RI?

Better safe than sorry. I would take her to a vet for a check up and treatment if necessary. Watch those temps also...Keep them up where they need to be..

Good luck!

The temps are fine in my tank. The good thing though is the petstore i bought her from is probably going to have to pay for this vet visit. I get a 15 day health guarentee. Since i have only had her for about 1 week now i am within my guaretee.

Well Petco agreed to paying for the Vet bill, but they have to take it to their vet. I find this a little wierd when I am completly capable of taking him there. I kept asking if i could take it to their vet to save them time, but they were set on not letting me take him. Also i will finally figure out what sex my little ball python is.