Hi all,

I woke up today and noticed a pile-type thing of what appeared to be mucousy bubbles on the cage of my variegata's enclosure this morning. Probably like a 1.5" x 1.5". I did my best to get her out and open her mouth with a wooden chop stick (sideways, not the point), to check for discharge or an RI, but the one time she actually let me get her mouth open a bit I didn't see what I expected to see, which is tons of bubbles and wheezing. I don't see any discharge from the sides of her mouth, but she is about to shed I think as she got milky for a couple days and then it went away. She hasn't eaten in more than a month, but is offered food. The guys at my local shop said to keep offering food and that some snakes go extended periods of time without eating. Humidity is 65%, hot spot in the winter is 91-92* and the coolest spot is around 78. Middle of cage is probably mid 80s. She does seem to have lost a little weight, I know that's not great, but not sickly - just sort of more noticeable near the neck by her head from what I assumed to have not eaten for a while. When I take her out she is super active, flighty and her normal self, though I only take her out every couple weeks.

I am just confused because this pile of bubbly stuff was in one small pile and nowhere else. I figured if she had that much of it in her mouth or was able to produce that much there is no way it wouldn't be covering her mouth at this point. She had her long tongue flicks going and I saw nothing coating her tongue. I do hear like air gurgling in her stomach when she is being flighty/held, but she is a hisser and I assume that is just air moving around in her stomach. Could it have been a passing of something? Would love to hear some opinions and I apologize I don't have a photo, I kinda freaked out, cleaned it up and got her out for inspection.

CJ