possible ri?

[brettsemrick]

I have about a 6' bci that i got about four months ago that in the past week its breathing has become pretty audible. Since I have gotten her you could periodically hear her exhale while handling her. Now you can her her exhale a lot more frequently. She is still eating, there are no bubbles or mucous coming from her mouth or nostrils, and she is not lethargic. I also checked the inside of her mouth, which was kinda tricky to do because she didnt want to hold still. As far as I could tell there was no excess saliva or bubbles. The breathing itself doesn't really sound really raspy or anything. I guess the closest description I could give of what it sounds like is when I exhale through my nose heavily. I have raised the ambient air temps just to be safe. Is it possible that she is just breathes heavily or does this sound more like an RI?

[xdeus]

My 8' BCI does that all the time. You normally can't hear him when he's just lying there, but if he's moving around or gets excited it gets loud enough to notice. I don't think it's anything to be concerned about, but if you notice bubbles or a lot of yawning I would take him in.

[brettsemrick]

That makes me feel a lot better about the whole situation. I've been thinking about pairing her with my salmon male in the near future and the whole breathing issue kinda worried me because I didn't want to expose my male without any health problems to that, if it indeed was something that was contagious and could possibly need veterinary attention. I will definitely watch for any signs of ri.