Respitory Infection?

Good news guys she does not have a RI. The vet was pretty sure it was a female but did not have time to full check, because he had to do an emergancy surgery on a Bush Baby.

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Originally Posted by Bucko

Good news guys she does not have a RI. The vet was pretty sure it was a female but did not have time to full check, because he had to do an emergancy surgery on a Bush Baby.

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Find a new vet.

-adam

Why should i find a new Vet? Also this is the only vet within my driving distance. He actually sat down and talked to me about the conditions i exposed this snake to. He was a very nice and helpfull guy.

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Originally Posted by Bucko

Why should i find a new Vet? Also this is the only vet within my driving distance. He actually sat down and talked to me about the conditions i exposed this snake to. He was a very nice and helpfull guy.

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It takes 1/10th of a second to determine the sex of a ball python by either popping or probing ... anyone that tells you they don't have time to determine the sex of a ball python has no idea what they are doing ... in the time it took him to tell you that, he could have done it.

-adam

Well he tried to pop it when we were waiting to see if my snake would wheeze. He said it was probably a female because nothing came out when he poped it. Plus the lady at the front desk of the office did not put me in the reptile room for some reason, so he did not have all of his tools handy. Sorry i should have explained all of this with my first post.

But if you still would like for me to take her to another vet i will. I trust all of your guys judgements. Just wanted to explain everything about that vet.

You do what you feel comfortable with ... advice over the internet should ALWAYS be taken with a grain of salt.

I'm just here to give my opinion, and you know what opinions are like. If you liked the vet, stick with him.

-adam

Well i am taking a fecal sample in the next time I can. So i will get him to do it then. If he refuses to do it next time i will change vets.

Glad to hear she got a clean bill of health!! :gj:

Probing is not rocket science it's easy once you get the hang of it, I lucked out and met a local breeder here and got to go to his wharehouse, I happened to ask about probing and he proceeded to bring in 3 expired snakes, he showed me on one of them explaining it all the way and then let me probe the other two, after that I got to probe five or six more live ones, now I have my own probes and do all my own. Sounds like you have a female but I would probe to be sure.