So here’s the deal, I thought that the female hog island boa that I rescued had fully recovered from her Respiratory Infection when last night out of nowhere she started bleeding and bubbling blood from the mouth and nose. Blood was everywhere since and since it was coming from her throat and lungs and not the mouth it was spraying and splattering with every breath. My shirt looks like it came off the set of a cheap horror film. I freaked and rushed her to the 24hr emergency vet here locally. Providentially an exotic vet just happened to be working that night and she said that it’s a 90% chance that its pneumonia or basically the respiratory infection in an even more advanced stage. So antibiotics were administered and the vet sent me and Miranda on our way. Since my home facilities are better for snakes than their basic incubators at the vet clinic, she said it would be better for me to control Miranda’s temps (a bit higher than normal per vets orders) and humidity (a bit lower than normal per vets orders).

So here is my question. I already have another course of antibiotics waiting for me at my normal vet clinic. I am going to start on these right away. But has anyone else ever experienced this? If so were the antibiotics enough to take care of the problem? The vets here locally are good, but not great. The only great reptile vet moved last month to some project dealing with the new Georgia Aquarium here in Atlanta and is no longer working at a clinic.

If anyone can offer further advise please let me know.