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RI or inshed
First things first, He does have a vet appt in one hour. Just in case. My anery is "clicking" his breath and has to open his mouth to breath...classic RI symptoms. My quick question is this: Has anyone ever encountered a snake having RI symptoms while he/she is in the blue (pre-shed)? I was thinking maybe that it could only be that he has some skin loose in his nasal area causing him to have a problem breathing.
No matter what, he is going to the vet, but I was just curious due to the fact that no other snake has any symptoms and all the temps/hum/etc are good.
Thanks everyone,
Jim
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Re: RI or inshed
Well, not an RI. I didn't think it could be with everything stable, but you never know. He said you that it was the skin from his pre-shed that is giving him trouble. He plucked inside really carefully with these big ole magnifying glasses and low and behold it was a little flap of skin in each. Phewwww. Had me worried. No more mouth opening or clicking noises since. I'll keep an eye on him for awhile though, just in case.
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Glad he is ok! I have a couple snakes that this has happened with but it was a whistling sound and they still were able to closed mouth breathe. Sounds like he was completely blocked!
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Open mouthed breathing is not at all a good sign...taking him to the vet....as you are, (yay) is a wonderful idea and will probably yield better results. My boyfriend bought an 8ft male BCI to breed with my female...he had a little bit of wheezing a few days later, followed by occasional open mouthed breathing two weeks later. I told my boyfriend he was an idiot for buying a snake without me present so I could give it a health checkover,as he is very unexperienced with snakes, but he has learned his lesson....I told him the snake needed to see a vet, cause it was seriously ill, and was probably sick when he bought it....it died less than a week later. Hope yours gets better!
ALL THAT SLITHERS - Ball Python aficionado/keeper
breeder of African soft fur Rats. Keeper of other small exotic mammals.
10 sugar gliders
2 tenrecs
5 jumping spiders
paludarium with fish
Brisingr the albino
Snowy the BEL
Piglet the albino conda hognose
FINALLY got my BEL,no longer breeding snakes. married to mechnut450..
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Re: RI or inshed
Yeah, he's good now. Actually, I JUST checked him and he is starting to shed. The vet I go to is a herper and he checked his mouth and listened to him breath for about five minutes after plucking the skin out. Funny watching a man stick a boa in his ear. He said to bring him back, free of charge, if it starts back up.
it died less than a week later.
Sorry about your boa. Sometimes you can't notice the signs if they are in the really early stages.
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I actually have a male that only whistles when he eats. He has been checked twice by the vet and treated. No other signs of anything but I am making another appointment to have him checked out.
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Glad you got right on it Jimi and even happier it was nothing more than the pre-shed loose skin. Better safe than sorry though right. Sounds like you have a wonderful vet and that's just a blessing!
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The vet also told me he'd do stool samples for all 9 of my snakes for $8.00 each. Called it a "group plan"...lol. That's awesome, with all the newbies I've been getting in.
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