I'm new to snake keeping. I went into a pet store, and I feel in love with a little banana Ball Python. At this stage everything seems to be going wrong. I have looked at so many post/articles on how to care for her, and I thought I was prepared. Nope...

She seems to have a respiratory infection. Naturally I took her to the vet, asked a ton of questions, got some oral medication and thought everything would be fine. Five days in on giving her the meds I noticed the solution (baytril) had gone from clear to cloudy. I asked on Reddit about this only to be told it had gone bad and I should have kept it in the fridge. I really wish the vet had told me that. Now I'm freaking out because I know she needs medicine and I can't provide her with any until Monday. It will be a full 48 hours that she has been off the baytril by the time I can even call my vet. She keeps her head elevated and seems like she is having trouble breathing.

I don't know what to do. I feel like I'm going to wind up killing her out of my shear stupidity and I can't handle that. At this point I feel like I should take her to a reptile rescue so she can be taken care of properly. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. Temps and humidity seem right. Am I blowing this out of proportion? Any thoughts or advice would be appreciated.

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1. How long have you had your ball python?
One month


2. How old (or how big) is your snake?

About two and a half feet long, not sure how old she is

3. Does it eat on a regular schedule?

No, not since I started giving her medicine

4. How long since its last meal?

I fed her around 6ish tonight. 12/14/19

5. What type/size prey is being offered?

Adult mouse, about the size of the thickest part of her body

6. How often do you offer food?

Every 7 days

7. What type and size of enclosure does it live in?

20 gallon glass tank with screen top

8. What are you using as substrate? If it has depth, how deep is it?
Tropicoco coconut husk, about half and inch deep maybe less


9. What type of heating do you use?

Heat lamp and uth

10. Do you use a thermostat to control temperatures?

Thermostat on the uth and a dimmer on the heat lamp

11. What do you use to measure/monitor temperatures?

Temp gun/stick on thermometer and hydrometer (ordered a digital one, waiting for it to arrive)

12. What are the surface and ambient temperatures in the enclosure?
Warm side is 88-91 surface temp/cool side is 75-79 surface. Ambient is 80


13. What is the average humidity level?
45-60%


14. How many and what type of hides does the snake have?

Small rock hide on warm side and a log hide on cool side. I know I need to replace the log hide

15. Is water readily available at all times?

Yes

16. Does the snake live alone or does it share the enclosure with anything else?

Alone

17. How often and for how long is the snake typically handled?

3-4 nights a week for about 15mins each time

18. Does the snake have any medical history (old injuries or illnesses)?

Just a RI, and see seems to have injured her mouth a little recently

19. Do you have any other reptiles? Have you brought in any new reptiles recently?
No and no


20. Is there anything specific or unique about your situation that we should be aware of?

I have anxiety disorder and I stress and worry about everything to the point I have panic attacks. When I handle her she seems to calm me down. Also, I'm terrified that I'm going to hurt/kill her because I don't know what I'm doing. So I'm stressing about that too; which is why I'm posting this at 2:30 in the morning my time.