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My BP is being very lazy lately and hasn't eatn in three weeks , but she is puffy and looks like a balloon is she full of fluid and how do you save your snake from this problem

Take it to the vet!

Picture? Is she swollen looking?

I'd recommend a vet visit also

How old and how much does she weigh? By any chance have you had her in with a male? Pics would be nice.

She is only half a year old maybe older and lives with another female her same size, i dont have pics what i did today was took a probe and opened her butt hole open and worked what ever it was to the buttom and what came out was a nice maybe two half dollar size puddle of water so i guess it was fluid but why does this happen where BP's get filled with fluid

She was getting ready to pee..I had a baby get a urate stuck and he was all backed up..it just happens

she is doing fine and really moving around her cage after i drained her

its weird this has never happen to any of my other BP's and she was swollen like she had ate two meals for only being a foot long

...Well I assume she still drinks water, which means she can still pee...I don't really get why needing to pee is confusing. Lol

Just a little reccommendation, you should house your snakes seperately :)That is probably why she is "lazy" and "not eating". I assume the other one in with her eats normally.

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Originally Posted by Kaorte

...Well I assume she still drinks water, which means she can still pee...I don't really get why needing to pee is confusing. Lol

Just a little reccommendation, you should house your snakes seperately :)That is probably why she is "lazy" and "not eating". I assume the other one in with her eats normally.

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Im currently working on a rack

today i looked at my BP and she still is like a balloon i open her butthole to release the air but after when she breaths in she just gets puffy again and its like shes stuck and can't release the air she just sucked in and she weezes like shes tryn to release it and does this weird lip thing out the side of her mouth like pushing air out but not enough

I don't think that method is working, please take your snake to the vet! It sounds as if he may have a serious problem!

Man I'd say you need to take her to the vet.

Playing "doctor" on her by doing what your doing and releasing "fluids" or whatever is not the greatest of ideas.

Doing something funny with her lip make me think of possible Mouth Rot, and possibly Respiratory Infection.

Why not just take the animal to the vet and find out whats going on? Even with all the experience people on the forums have, and all the advice we give, the best advice sometimes is to take a trip to the vet.

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Originally Posted by Swingline0.0.1

I don't think that method is working, please take your snake to the vet! It sounds as if he may have a serious problem!

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X2. Vets have experience in this sort of thing. It's not something for an amateur. It could be a respiratory problem.

First - STOP sticking things up in her.

Second - if you are so concerned that you are resorting to sticking foreign objects in her - you should take her to the vet.

Please update us after her vet visit.

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Originally Posted by stratus_020202

X2. Vets have experience in this sort of thing. It's not something for an amateur. It could be a respiratory problem.

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I agree...this sounds like a possible RI. The swelling could be from fluid and mucus build up. Vet asap.

it sounds like its time to take them both to the vet because chances are that if one of them has something the other one will get it if it doesn't have it already.

You guys guessd right it was RI and now my Albino has it also since they were housed together

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Originally Posted by rabernet

First - STOP sticking things up in her.

Second - if you are so concerned that you are resorting to sticking foreign objects in her - you should take her to the vet.

Please update us after her vet visit.

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That is the most comedic yet sincere and very serious post I have seen in a while. :rofl:

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Originally Posted by B@LLZ4LIFE

You guys guessd right it was RI and now my Albino has it also since they were housed together

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I had a Burm couple years back, got it from a guy complete with RI and all. One shot, one meal and a week of rest later she was good again. Good luck! And yeah, separate them. They'll end up sooo happy.

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Originally Posted by B@LLZ4LIFE

You guys guessd right it was RI and now my Albino has it also since they were housed together

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And this is a clear example of one of the main reasons why snakes should be housed separately.
2x vet bills!

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Originally Posted by Freakie_frog

She was getting ready to pee..I had a baby get a urate stuck and he was all backed up..it just happens

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Did the backup fix itself or did you need to do something to unblock it?

Well my snakes are doing fine after tube feeding them and given to shots each.

Tube feeding was needed?
I'm just a bit surprised. I can understand the meds. and I'm very glad both of your snakes are hopefully on there way to a full recovery. It sounds like that went well.
But I was just wondering about the tube feeding.
Thanks
Rusty