Eucalyptus steam for RI

[Carl]

Based on?

Your Veterinarian degree?
Years of veterinary medicine practice?
Curing 100's animals or more successfully this way?

I am curious what were the results of the cultured that your vet did before choosing the proper antibiotics? For how long did he prescribe Baytril for? What were the results of the culture after YOUR treatment which "miraculously" treated your snakes?

Over the years I have seen many so called home treatments (including this one) that people believe cure their animals however it only alleviate the symptoms sometimes giving the appearance of a healthy snakes.

This is a DO NOT try this at home thing, yes I know that some of you who are getting started and are reading this may think this is great and cheap way to get rid of a RI and will decide to try it thinking it is the "miracle cure" however you need to think and I will refer you to this http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...ons-The-Basics

If someone suspects a RI they need to go to a HERP vet, get a culture and get the appropriate antibiotic prescribed.

Yes to everything but not by MY experiance. The boa had cultures done on first visit which indicated that he had RI. The boa was on batryl for exactly 4 weeks. After being tested again after the batryl the cultures still showed that he had the same degree of RI. After that I started using the at home treatment. This was the only one that the vet trusted. After 2 treatments of that and with raised temps I took him back. The cultures was done and a few other test and the boa was better. I personally don't recommend anyone to try this on a snake that they believe has RI unless told to by a vet.