need some help !

I was giving my bp his scheduled bath tonight and everything seemed normal, he was sitting there enjoying the warm water and decided to take a drink, no problems, but after the bath i was drying him and this stuff kinda oozed out of his mouth and nostrils (the only way i can describe it is it was kind of like spit almost).
Anyways I've had him for about a year and have never had any problems, i keep his temps. at about 85 on the cool side and 90 on the warm side, and the humidity is 55%, 70% when hes shedding. My question is, is this normal, or should i move his routine checkup to this week?

It may be a sign he has a URI. I would go ahead and bump up his check-up to this week if that is possible.

Regular baths are not necessary for ball pythons, with proper humidity and a clean water-dish, there should be no reason to bath a ball. Too many problems can arise from regular soakings such as a URI or scale-rot. I really only soak to help with stuck sheds and maybe to help instigate a bowel-movement if there is a long break between defecates.

I just realized I kind of made it sound like I bathe him alot, I usually give him a bath every other week, because lately hes been shedding back to back, every two weeks or so. Yeah Im going to see if i can scedule an appointment for next week hopefully, just to make sure.

hope everything turns out for the best m8.

thanks, I'm going to phone the vet tomorrow and get an appointment. Wow i never thought people would be on this late, but then again i guess its not 4 a.m everywhere in the world lol

Let us know what the vet says please.


Also, I would suggest that you reconsider giving your BP a bath so frequently. As was mentioned earlier, BPs do not need and should not receive regular baths IMHO. If the humidity is in the right range normally a bath is not needed to shed. Good luck!

i live in a +4 hour time zone :P so it aint late... but im still on in 1-5am in the morning, soo00o i can check new posts... again hope the vet says its nothing bad just a random event.

Just another FYI, extra moisture does cause a snake to shed more frequently. That along with growth spurts. Your baths may be part of the reason for the extra sheds.

I have never heard of, read, been told, or stumbled onto this particular bit of

'knowledge'. At most, excessive humidity can cause scale rot, or in a worst case, an RI.
I'm not tryin to start anything, but we should really back up our "claims"
with a link to a website or something....
there's been way too much conflict in these forums lately...

just my :2cent: ....