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Reptile Dysfunction
My "whistling" overreaction
Butters, the ball python I got as a gift to my youngest was finishing up a patchy shed when we got him but was in great overall health.
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Reptile Dysfunction
Overreaction full
Butters, the ball python I got as a x-mas gift to my youngest was finishing up a patchy shed when we got him but was in great overall health. After a warm damp cloth to clean up the last of the dry shed he was great. The next day I took him out to clean and fluff his tub I noticed a slight whistle when he was exhaling. And it seemed to be labored. I consider myself a newbie and that means I know enough to get me in trouble. I started to panic thinking RI...do I get him away from my other snakes room for safety did I get him sick somehow? I started to inspect him and look for signs of a RI that I read here, and guess what I little pice of dry scale was stuck in his nostril, when it was damp it didn't make any noise but after it dried it made him whistle and I believe the labored part of his exhale was just his with of tring to blow his nose I guess cause that stopped as well after I removed the obstruction
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Well, at least you found out that it was just a bit of stuck shed in his nostril. Would have been terrible if it was an RI.
Last edited by Atrox; 01-13-2015 at 04:17 PM.
1.0 Normal - Poseidon.
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Some of my garters will pop, click, and even gape right before a shed (usually this is when their tongues shed but are still stuck in their mouths). Best imitation of an RI that you've ever seen. My BP will sometimes whistle a little but so far she hasn't made me think 'RI' yet.
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snakes shed the skin off their tongues?
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Re: My "whistling" overreaction
Originally Posted by albinos_rule
snakes shed the skin off their tongues?
Colubrids do. It's the weirdest thing; I usually see the tongue shed up to a day or two before the whole body shed. Not 100% sure whether pythons do or not now that you ask. I guess I just kind of assumed they do.
3.0 Thamnophis sirtalis,
1.1 Thamnophis cyrtopsis ocellatus
0.1 Python regius
1.0 Litorea caerulea
0.1 Ceratophrys cranwelli
0.1 Terrapene carolina
0.1 Grammostola rosea
0.1 Hogna carolinensis
0.0.1 Brachypelma smithi
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