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Yeah I hope that I can just take her in, he looks at her, and says "no RI" and that's the end of it. Even though I know how to give her shots I still don't want to hurt her at all.
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Re: looks like RI.....
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Originally Posted by thedarkwolf25
When I picked her up she was near her water bowl since that is the hot side and since I had fed her yesterday morning she was over there to help digest. I never heard any noises or anything and it wasn't until I was done cleaning her tank and I was putting her back in that I felt it.
It was wet and slightly cold and ran down my arm like water but when I looked at it more closely it looked just like very runny mucus. She then opened her mouth and I was like "oh [shoot]" and I immediately put her back in, raised the temps and called the vet.
If she was near her water bowl when you picked her up, it is very possible that she had taken a drink from her water bowl soon before that. When they take a drink, especially a longer one, and are handled soon afterward, they tend to spit some of it back up in a slightly sticky mixture of water and saliva. Whether it's the movement of their body, the pressure against their digestive system or a combination of the two, it happens. I actually had it happen the other day when I was cleaning cages and one had been drinking some water. The bubbles in her mouth may just have been the watery-saliva mixing with the air the she was breathing. I don't want to say that there's no issue whatsoever and that you have absolutely nothing to worry about, but I do think that if the bubbles are now gone and she shows no other symptoms of an RI that you may be safe... Personally I'd bump your temps up just incase like you alread have done, and then just keep an eye on her for now.
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Re: looks like RI.....
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Originally Posted by LGL
If she was near her water bowl when you picked her up, it is very possible that she had taken a drink from her water bowl soon before that. When they take a drink, especially a longer one, and are handled soon afterward, they tend to spit some of it back up in a slightly sticky mixture of water and saliva. Whether it's the movement of their body, the pressure against their digestive system or a combination of the two, it happens. I actually had it happen the other day when I was cleaning cages and one had been drinking some water. The bubbles in her mouth may just have been the watery-saliva mixing with the air the she was breathing. I don't want to say that there's no issue whatsoever and that you have absolutely nothing to worry about, but I do think that if the bubbles are now gone and she shows no other symptoms of an RI that you may be safe... Personally I'd bump your temps up just incase like you alread have done, and then just keep an eye on her for now.
yeah we are keeping an eye on her but I have to quit handling her for a bit sine she just went blue and is prepping for a shed. But so far no signs of RI since that initial scare. I didn't know what to think when it happened and all I could think was 'omg, omg, omg, omg" lol
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