Weird Behavior - Nibbles

Open mouth and clicking? Not good...

Apply for care credit. Most vets nowadays accept them. It has a much lower interest rate then regular credit cards.

You may also want to look into health insurance coverage for the future. I have my snakes and other exotics covered through Nationwide.

Or perhaps you should really put some realistic thought into whether or not a snake or any pet really is right for you at this time in your life.

You mentioned an eye dent. Usually that's a humidity issue but with the tiny clicks heard, I'm wondering - is he simply going to shed?

Seems pricey for a simple checkup? The vet I talked to (Trusted around town very fondly. The local pet stores take all their reptiles to him.) only charges $45 for a reptile checkup.

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Originally Posted by AbsoluteApril

You mentioned an eye dent. Usually that's a humidity issue but with the tiny clicks heard, I'm wondering - is he simply going to shed?

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I don't think so. Not unless he's going to shed two weeks after his last one. I mean he is still a baby, and he did have a major growth spurt since I got him. So it's possible.

Also... I might consider that he may have some shed stuck in his nose?

Especially since I don't hear clicking noises when I opened his mouth. It's only ever when his mouth is closed...


Do snakes even get boogers?


Herp Derp

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Originally Posted by RiA MaU

Seems pricey for a simple checkup? The vet I talked to (Trusted around town very fondly. The local pet stores take all their reptiles to him.) only charges $45 for a reptile checkup.

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Might be because the only Herp vet around here is an animal hospital guy? Idk. Maybe $110 included cultures?


Herp Derp

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Originally Posted by Bennie1986

Have you considered setting up a gofundme? I am in a similar situation if my snake got sick so I understand your position. Do they accept payments? If so maybe you could take your snake in and post a copy of the receipt then a link to a gofundme and people would help out. I for one would kick down something, wouldn't be much unfortunately because again I'm in the same boat but I'd rather kick down a few bucks than see your guy suffer.

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Actually I haven't. Usually when people set those up they get ignored because of prior inappropriate use by other people.

That and I don't really like mooching off other people....


Herp Derp

Snakes do not get boogers, sometimes some shed will get stuck on the snakes nose causing a clicking sound.

About the 'snakes are cheaper' subject. Absolutely not. They're considered an exotic pet, so you can't just pop into the nearest animal clinic to get it treated like you can with a cat or a dog. It can be hard to find an exotic vet and even harder to find one that is very good and trustworthy. Karma's vet is an hour and 30 minutes from where I live, but its worth it. Overall owning an exotic pet is hard work sometimes, I only have one pet that's considered 'common'.

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Originally Posted by PythonBabes

Snakes do not get boogers, sometimes some shed will get stuck on the snakes nose causing a clicking sound.

About the 'snakes are cheaper' subject. Absolutely not. They're considered an exotic pet, so you can't just pop into the nearest animal clinic to get it treated like you can with a cat or a dog. It can be hard to find an exotic vet and even harder to find one that is very good and trustworthy. Karma's vet is an hour and 30 minutes from where I live, but its worth it. Overall owning an exotic pet is hard work sometimes, I only have one pet that's considered 'common'.

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So I have discovered. But I don't regret getting him.


Herp Derp