Hello everyone i have been creeping this forum for sometime and have gotten a lot of great ideas and advice. Here is a little bit about me i am 40 yrs old originally from Brooklyn Ny but traveled the west as a chef now i work for Sysco foods. when i was in high school i started breeding columbian boas and really enjoyed it i was learning from my biology teacher. Well after high school i really didn't have much time to breed or keep reptiles and i sort of forgot about it until about 4 months ago. since August i have accumulated 30 ball pythons a lot cam from kick balls some from bhp some from tsk. I really enjoy the prospect of having a few clutches in the summer. the reason i have decided to join the forum tonight is because i am about to loose my mind and i am getting very very frustrated. in 4 months i lost 2 snakes due to what i thought was respiratory infection. The first snake i was trying to cure it using home remedies well that didn't go to well. So here is the story of the second death and on. 4 snakes developed RI symptoms clicking, mucous elevated head while breathing took them right to the vet. My vet is an ex zoo owner and has a lot of experience with exotics. he said we will first try and treat this with Amakacin every three days, so every three days i brought them in $$$. On the last visit he said they look ok getting better i said yea they are improving the vet said when you get back from vacation bring them back and if the infection is not gone i will culture i said ok that is fair. 3 of the snakes did improve but my breeder female pastel passed away. Tomorrow would have been my last follow up visit. Ok so i check my other snakes and noticed that 3 or 4 more are coming down with the some thing so we are going to the vet tomorrow for immediate culture. I am going to list the things that are driving me crazy and i need to find what is happening i will also list my set up

ambiant temp 84 degrees
heat tape 88 degrees
herpstat 4
sanitizing solution f10
substrate aspen or paper towel
humidity about 44 percent
vision racks and tubs
feed comes from perfect prey

Ok now the craziness
The sick snakes get sick right after a shed all sick animals shed then got sick
all the snakes shed during medication treatment
the newest set of animals are not having breathing issues just mucous and stringy mouth no clicking. could this be because i found these early
sick animals are quarintiened
all sick snakes are water bowl soakers i use the water trays from vision so they are not truly soaking in water

Thanks guys and gals please let me know if you guys can help. I love this hobby but i don't want to kill animals needlesly