So I recently rescued a ball python which I named Mona. She came to me with healing burn marks on her belly, missing half of her tail, and with many pieces of stuck shed including many layers of eye caps. She has been wheezing since I got her but I thought it was because of loose shed in and by her nose because there were no other symptoms of RI, but she shed perfectly this past Wednesday and was still wheezing so I opened up her mouth and lo and behold it was all bubbly in the back of her throat. So I took her to the vet the very next day and she was diagnosed with an RI and I was given a round of Baytril to inject every 2 days for 14 days.

When I inject the baytril, it forms a bump under her skin. Is this ok? Will she still absorb all of the medicine properly? Also when can I expect her to start to get better? I just gave her the second injection a few minutes ago and it does not seem to be seeping out the injection site so I assume this is ok.


As a side note...as I was telling the vet about my husbandry procedures (what they are housed in, temps, humidity and the like) she practically hugged me! She said that very few people care for their snakes properly and she said everything of mine was spot on! So I would like to thank the BP.net world for helping me help my snakes live happy and healthy lives!!