I think I have ANOTHER snake coming down with an RI.
This makes no sense at all to me. I have never had one of my snakes come down with an RI, but TWO of my friend's first snakes have, and they take the same care if not better care of their animals than I do of mine (at least they're more attentive since it's their only animal).
Our new (less than a month in our care) het pied male is making a whistling noise. He's coming out of blue so I at first thought it was just because he's in shed. We opened up his mouth with a q-tip and I'm not sure what to make of what it looks like, there were bubbles in the way back of the throat but not really at all near the trachea. Since the last time I dealt with an RI the snake died, it's really scary to think it might be happening again.
I'll film what it looks like and post it up here for you guys to see for yourselves.
I still have 4 doses of antibiotics left over from the last RI. My bf thinks we should just dose the het pied with that and avoid another bloody 400 dollar vet bill, I'm not too sure considering how quickly after receiving treatment the other one went downhill. WHAT are we doing wrong? This is ridiculous.
Edit: The two snakes never came in contact with each other. The two owners hardly even did.
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