Baby Retic Wheezing, fearing the worst.....

[thedarkwolf25]

Title says it, I went and picked up my baby Retic that we have had for a few months now and she is wheezing a little bit, I know this is typically a sign of RI, but I also know that large constrictors can be a little noisy in general. No other snakes in her rack are showing symptoms and this is the first I have seen of it. I know a vet visit would be best but currently funds are tight, does this sound normal at all for a baby Tic? I don't want her to get any worse if it is in fact an RI, but I don't want to pay for a vet bill if it isn't needed. Any advice besides the vet?

[thedarkwolf25]

Just a note, I checked her again and she had a piece of substrate in her nose, I got it out so hopefully that was what was causing it. I'll keep an eye on her. On a side note, in one of Brian Barczyk's videos he mentions that you can use some diluted F10 to make a vapo chamber for ball pythons and that that can help kill of any RI that is forming. Has anyone tried this with Retics?

[Denial]

You have to watch retics they sometimes can sound as if they are getting an ri but usually it will be a piece of stuck shed or substrate with them.

[thedarkwolf25]

I checked on her today and she was not wheezing, so I am guessing it was the substrate up the nose, I may switch her to newspaper if she is going to keep shoving wood in her face....