Quote Originally Posted by snake lab View Post
Just went through the same issue. Before i say this keep in mind this is what worked for my situation. I am in no way saying that you should follow what i did but this is what i did. A buddy of mine who has a 2500 gram pastel female that was breeding heavy came down with a horrible case of ri. When i mean horrible i mean death bed horrible. Not only was she gurgling and bubbling but she had blood coming out of the mouth and the whole nine yards. So he brought her to me so i could see what i could do considering he has only been keeping and breeding snakes for a couple years. First thing i did was put her in the quarantine med rack. Got her on news paper and lowered humidity and jacked the heat to 93. I then put her on a treatment of baytril. The reason i put her on baytril without taking her to the vet is because over the years i have had good success with my methods. She went on a 30 day cycle of baytril. The ri cleared up and she actually laid 8 great eggs and they are in the incubator and babies seem to be good through candleing. I dont advise working with baytril as a go to. Ive been doing this a long time and have had alot of experience with this and work very closely with my vets so im confident in myself with what i do. Again this was how i took care of it. But i will say lowering humidity and jacking the heat has always worked good for me when dealing with ri. Also i have found newspaper is the best to put them on.
OMG!
How horrible that must have been!
Bless you for saving her life!

Norma's on newspaper and I adjusted her temps...they were were 94-95 in the hottest spot so I lowered it a bit.
I had to hunt to like mad to find a spare temp/hum digital gauge and I'm waiting right now to check what her humidity is.

She seems somewhat better.
Would an impending shed have seriously ramped up her symptoms?

She just finished shedding and seems less stressed, now but tired from the shed.