I hope everything goes well. But for my particular situation when my snake was ill. I took him to the vet and they were treating for scale rot. Which i may mention i hand to open my snakes mouth by hand 3 times a day and shoot an antibiotic into her mouth 3 times a day for this. Then i didn't notice anything really happening and through this site and other things i did my own research i diagnosed my snakes problem and went to the vet and requested they write me the prescription for what i thought the problem was and low and behold she started to improve from that point. This taught me to always seek alternatives for what could be wrong with your snake. yes vets usually know what they are talking about but they can be wrong too.