BP Drooling??

[slipknot2157]

We haven't had our BP for very long now and we are still very new to him.. My question is, today we had him out for a little while and while he was hanging around, he started drooling pretty bad. I've never seen him do this before and I don't know what to think of it. I'm afraid it might be something bad, but once again I'm new to the BP world and I just want to make sure he isn't sick or something. The only thing I was able to find while searching on the forums was someone saying the symptoms of RI were drooling, but it didn't really help me much since I'm not sure what RI stands for.

Any help with this would be wonderful! I'm worried about him.

[NightLad]

RI = Respiratory Infection

I thought you’d want to know ASAP, but I’m a noob myself, so you will have to wait for a more knowledgeable member to inform you further.

It might help if you also mention the temperature of the enclosure as well as the humidity levels, if possible.

[Kennyxemerson]

yup, RI
go to the vet asap for some antibiotics.

[Bright202]

Sounds like he may have Respiratory Infection. Take him to a vet ASAP. Good luck with everything

[slipknot2157]

The temps are on a cheap pair of thermostats so they don't stay exactly where I set them..within a few degrees, but the warm side is at 90 and the cool side is at 80. Humidity is at 61% with the ambient temp of 74.2 degrees.

Thanks for solving the RI problem..

Could this have happened if he is excited or scared?? There was a little toddler around when we had him out and she was acting like a normal toddler...loud and hyper..gotta love kids..

He's also currently shedding..

[tweets_4611]

An RI is a respitory infection. I believe in ball pythons it's usually an upper respitory infection. The excess drool is usually a sign of an RI. Ball pythons can't get over an RI on their own, so if you think that your ball has one, you probably need to take it to the vet, so they can get it on something to fix it. Noone on the forum can tell if your snake is sick, so if you think there is something wrong, a vet trip is the best thing you can do for it.


**wow...I was talking while I was typing and apperently you all type alot faster than me! **

[elevatethis]

If fluid is coming from his mouth, he's already got a bad RI. He will DIE if you don't get him antibiotics. Make sure you get him to a GOOD herp vet ASAP.

[slipknot2157]

Thanks so much everyone for the quick responses. The girlfriend has most of the day off tomorrow anyways so she is going to talk with the vet first thing in the morning.

Once again, everyone's help was much appreciated!!!

[Dr_Gonz0]

It could also be mouth rot. Either way, a vet trip is definitely in order.

Robin

[pythontricker]

definatly take a trip to the vet!