Vet In The Morn!!

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Originally Posted by bpkid

My opinion...

If you are lowering the humidity (which I think you are supposed to do) your snake will have a bad shed, but recover from the URI(hopefully)

If you raise the humidity, your snake will have a perfect shed, and your snake's URI will get worse...


I'd MUCH rather risk bad shed, then risk my snake getting a deep lung infection like adam said.

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You've got it backwards.

-adam

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

You've got it backwards.

-adam

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Lol, so should he keep humidity the same?

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Originally Posted by bpkid

Lol, so should he keep humidity the same?

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So, for the THIRD TIME in this thread ... here it is. ;) :sweeet:

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

Nope, higher humidity will help loosen the mucus in the snakes lungs so that I can be expelled easier and not develop into a deep lung infection (which are very difficult to cure). Lowering humidity to "dry out" an URI is an out dated method of treatment for ball pythons.

-adam

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Get it? Got it? Good.


-adam

:whisper: i got it the first time - do i get a cookie?

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

It depends on the bacteria that is causing the infection. It's best to have your snake cultured to determine which anti-biotic will be most effective at killing the bacteria causing the infection and to make sure that the particular bacteria the snake is infected with isn't resistant to a specific anti-biotic.

-adam

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How much does the average culture cost? Also how much do the meds usually cost. Did you say a while back on here that you use to culture your own?

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Originally Posted by Regal Boids

How much does the average culture cost? Also how much do the meds usually cost. Did you say a while back on here that you use to culture your own?

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I wouldn't be able to help you with the cost aspect, the scale that I am working on and my personal experience in diagnosing and treating ball python ailments allows me to have arrangements with the vets that I work with that wouldn't apply to smaller scale hobbyists.

I collect the culture samples myself, but send them out to labs to be analyzed. It's not something for the beginner to try ... if you don't do it precisely, you'll get an incorrect result which could lead to an incorrect diagnosis, which could lead to the death of your animal ... please leave the technical aspects of reptile care to people that are trained to perform them properly.

-adam

Thank you very much!

-Andre

I also took my ball to the vet yesterday and came back with a nice bill and antibiotics to inject. She was not diagnosed with a bacterial infection, but we are hoping that is bacterial and that it's nothing viral. She was also carrying two different kinds of internal parasites, so she was dewormed. I have to give injections every 3 days. It is intramuscular but the needle just doesn't appear to go very far under the skin.

A while back, when I had my first bp, it had an RI and the vet gave it the a shot, but that was it! He never told me to give it multiple shots after, and this guy is supposed to be an expert snake vet!!

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Originally Posted by mmchoppers

A while back, when I had my first bp, it had an RI and the vet gave it the a shot, but that was it! He never told me to give it multiple shots after, and this guy is supposed to be an expert snake vet!!

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each snake will require different treatments. some one shot is all it needs others need more. i had a water python i had to treat for 6 weeks with shots and oral meds. that was no fun due to her tempermant.