SORRY IN ADVANCE FOR MY GRAMMAR AND SPELLING!!! I care more about getting the info to you, than editing this damn thread at 11 at night.


my girl lucie always whistles thru her nose when shes in shed. she just shed a few days ago, and tonight i wanted to watch some tv with her so i pulled her from her rack where she now lives since about a month ago.

i have a vivarium electronics rack, cb70 tubs, good humidity, good temps and a nice herpstat too.
the only python i dont have in the rack is Mrs.P whom I made another thread about earlier for having cysts/bumps/tumors? (she's going to the vet in december, they arent affecting her eating or pooping) and shes in quarantine.
she doesnt show any signs of illness, neither do any of my other girls.

warm side is 85, cool side 72, humidity about 60% avg, clean full shed, no problems pooping, eating healthy, but i was curious when i picked her up and hear her hiss, then wheeze, and act way more sluggish than she usually does. (shes been sitting still for about 15 minutes now as i type this, she never sits still that long)

she had her head out of her hide the last few times ive checked on her this week, and was poking out today too. i have no idea if shes been doing any mouth breathing, coughing, or rubbing her nose on things, but every time i check on her (at least once a day) shes been in her hide just chillin. no spit smeared on anything, either.

after a fair bit of struggle I opened her mouth to see if i could see the classic bubbles and snot in her nose or anything else fishy.

these are the pics i managed to snap:




aside from her mouth seeming pale IMO, her tongue being pinkish red, and only little bubbles in the back of her throat (i assume that was from the struggle to get her mouth open, she was NOT having it), her airway had no bubbles coming from it, when she was in this position i heard no wheezing at all. (my current hypothesis is her ex owner and abuser used to hit her in the face -he's lucky i didnt hit him when i learned that- and perhap messed up her nasal cavity or something...?) her tongue is flicking out normally, shes a bit sluggish but i figure it might be that my room is a bit chilly, enough that i turned the air off to warm up myself. shes not usually this sluggish.

i dont know, i couldnt help but feel somethings a bit weird. what do you guys think? am I just being the over protective helicopter ball python mom again?