New Ball Python, trouble breathing...about to shed

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And he suggested boosting the heat temps, lowering the humidity and drying out the respitory problem.

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Actually you want to raise the temps and raise the humidity to help loosen up the mucus in the event of a RI.

You also need to make an appointment to an herp vet as it will require an anti-biotic treatment.

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Originally Posted by tdietz87

Update: Ok, so its been a few days and my new addition seems to be doing better. Now my new ball loves to hide and definatley has calmed down. I've only caught him/her a few times climbing around her drift wood so I hope these are signs that the snake is no longer stressed. Or atleast the stress levels have lowered. I also can't hear her breathe like before. Whether or not that was water her nostrils I'm not sure and probably will never know. But I'm very excited now! I was so worried that shemay be sick. I am still keeping a close eye on her. Thanks for the responses before I took them all into consideration.

-troy :) :)

Thanks again! This forum is awesome!

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A BP that spends most of her time hiding and also comes out to calmly explore her enclosure sounds like a happy BP, especially if it is night when she is coming out.

The sounds you heard could have been water in her nostrils, lose skin from the impending shed, or even possibly a quiet hiss. There is no mistaking a hiss when they really mean business, but some of my snakes will occasionally give a much quieter hiss, and the first time that happened I was afraid of an RI.

Glad to hear things are going so well for her now!

Because he was on dusty cat litter, I would get a vet appointment anyway and just get him checked out.