Yes, it's vet time. If you can see mucous then it is past the early stages and you really need to get the snake to the vet so that he/she can do a culture and give you the proper meds to give to the snake :)
11-23-2008, 11:05 PM
benball8
Re: Oh No! :(
alright thanks alot guys.ill try my best to get him there as soon as possable,Wish him luck :)
11-23-2008, 11:35 PM
starmom
Re: Oh No! :(
In the meantime you can bump up the temps in the snake environment. This will help somewhat until you can get him in- the sooner the better :)
11-23-2008, 11:49 PM
benball8
Re: Oh No! :(
ya i havint had the best temps in there im an idiot for not noticing but i have the red light on him now plus the heat pad and it seems to be steady. can the cold cause a RI?
11-24-2008, 12:11 AM
starmom
Re: Oh No! :(
Temps that are too low can cause an RI (respiratory infection).
Can you share what the environment is for the snake, what the temps are, how you control the temps and what you use to measure the temps? Sharing this info will allow myself and others to offer advice that can help to prevent another RI from happening. Vet bills are a drag and having a sick animal is a drag.
11-24-2008, 12:31 AM
benball8
Re: Oh No! :(
you right it is a drag :( i was using just the exo-terra small dessert UTH and it doesint put off alot of heat and thats when i noticed it a few days after now i have a clamp light on him with a red light and the temps before the light were like 75 or so now there up to around 85 and thats using the stick on thermometer which isint to acuret i know because of budget ill be getting one shortly, its hard for me right now to because i use the light for basking for my bearded dragon at day and when he goes to bed i put it on my snake so right now i got myself in a toughy and its my fault :(
11-24-2008, 12:32 AM
benball8
Re: Oh No! :(
be getting a better one shortly ****
11-24-2008, 01:28 AM
starmom
Re: Oh No! :(
Husbandry errors are a drag- especially when you know better ;)
Remember that you want your warm temps to be about 92F (except for now when I would push it up to 94F) and your cool side temps to be around 82F.
Digital thermometers are relatively inexpensive, about 12 dollars, and are a good investment.
I guess you'll also be getting the next size larger UTH....