Wheezing

I have a few snakes that make minor wheezing noises when roaming through my hands. They do this when you restrain them a little and they start to breath harder.
None are cinny or black pastel ;)

Sounds like some of the horror stories I've heard of when taking snakes to vets, test, after test after test, for no reason imo.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but a culture would have sufficed when checking for a RI

Yes, I'd say its safe to say that some ball pythons will make a slight noise when breathing and not be sick.

But if you hear your snake making noise suddenly, a vet visit is always a good idea just to be safe. The earlier you catch an RI the easier they can recover.

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Originally Posted by snakesRkewl

Sounds like some of the horror stories I've heard of when taking snakes to vets, test, after test after test, for no reason imo.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but a culture would have sufficed when checking for a RI

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The OP's vet seems to have an aversion to culture swabs, and will only do a lung wash for culture, which the vet says must be sent overseas to run. Since the OP is in China, it sounds like he has limited options on vets and testing.

To the OP - If her condition hasn't changed, I would just keep a very close eye on any new/increased symptoms, and quarantine until you are certain that it isn't an illness.

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Originally Posted by Annarose15

To the OP - If her condition hasn't changed, I would just keep a very close eye on any new/increased symptoms, and quarantine until you are certain that it isn't an illness.

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Any idea how I would b certain? Say, after another month or two, if there are no further changes?

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Originally Posted by hungba

Any idea how I would b certain? Say, after another month or two, if there are no further changes?

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Unfotunately, that's going to be all on what you're comfortable with. Personally, I think I'd have to go a minimum of 90 days from when I first discovered the "symptoms" before I could call them "normal".

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Originally Posted by snakesRkewl

I have a few snakes that make minor wheezing noises when roaming through my hands. They do this when you restrain them a little and they start to breath harder.
None are cinny or black pastel ;)

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This sounds like what I am experiencing. He doesn't wheeze when he is in the tank, but if I hold him for a while and he gets a little excited I hear a few wheezes, like when he is trying to go away and I stop him etc. Sometimes he just gives off a wheeze out of the blue when held but mostly when he is being restrained or stopped from going a certain direction. They don't sound like the sound clip that was posted by another member before, just faint breathing noises like a small squeak with each breath. Is that what you hear in yours?

In addition, he always seem to wheeze a few times when I let him off my hands and back into the box, then stops.

Do "RI" wheezes really sound like the sound clip that was posted?

Just as a lot of people on here I don't think it was a wheeze. I've heard people call them huffs. It sounds more like a very short and brief hiss than a wheeze.

When I first heard my girl did it, I was concerned to until I connected it to certain things. She's a drama queen and huffs at everything that annoys her. Everything from getting lost in my sweatshirt to having her tail touch the water in her water bowl. (And not to mention when I take her away from the window sill that seems to fancy.)

Mine has not wheezed for a couple of days. Comparing her to a healthy normal didn't see any abnormalities in her head structure. So I'm not sure.

Because of this post I made a thread titled. Do black pastels and cinnamons have gene problems. Check it out.

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Originally Posted by QTEpythons

Mine has been like that since I bought her. Same as you. Might be a slight deformation in the nostrils. If you hold his mouth open does it wheeze. Mine doesn't. You'll notice the breathing tube is seperate from the nostrils. It's something in the nostrils. Mine is a black pastel female. What's yours?

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It's so weird that yours is a black pastel! I have a male with the same problem and he is a black pastel as well.