ways to treat resp. infections.

[Oxylepy]

see there go's another guy that has no idea what the iss. is. do i even have a snake with resp. infection? you dont even no do you guy. some of you so called snake people are out of this world. $5 says if i went to your house your set up is wrong to. at least one thing. i am just putting it out there to see what people have seen or tryed. just to help people out. i have gotten many snakes from others that all ready have it. and they did not even no it.

Sorry I've never had to worry about RI. Why? I keep my husbandry right and don't purchase snakes from people who don't.

And with any kind of infection you don't just say "oh, well, lets just fluff your pillow, you'll be fine" you take them to the friggin doctors/vets so that they can be given an antibiotic. Anything else just won't cut it.

[CoolioTiffany]

Unfortunately, there are no home treatments for RI. In the meantime, the best thing to do would be to raise your temperatures on both ends of the enclosure to help keep the RI stable until you seek a vet. An RI can get really bad in little or no time, so seeking a vet quickly would be the smart thing to do. Raising the temperatures will increase the snake's immune system, and help keep the RI stable from getting any worse, but this is only temporary.

I would definitely try getting to a vet as fast as you can because this RI can get really bad quickly, as I have stated before. I remember I made a thread like this a while back when my Kingsnake had RI, and in the end I ended up getting him treated by a vet.

[fullrace2]

ok see thats all i was looking for is peoples info on it. and to mrs. Oxylepy you are tellin me if you seen a snake that was ill. you wouldt just let the snake stay with the owner to die? guy you are p.o.s any animal that you can take in and help. you should. not just fluff there pillow and let the snake die there. your mom should smack the poo out of you

[SGExotics]

ok see thats all i was looking for is peoples info on it. and to mrs. Oxylepy you are tellin me if you seen a snake that was ill. you wouldt just let the snake stay with the owner to die? guy you are p.o.s any animal that you can take in and help. you should. not just fluff there pillow and let the snake die there. your mom should smack the poo out of you

I think your mom smacked you a little too hard, because obviously your brain isn't functioning too good now is it? Some people aren't looking to run an Animal Rescue Organization! They are looking to purchase healthy, High Quality, Animals to add to their collection... And you shouldn't be talking about
"any animal that you can take in and help. you should.", because you dont even know how to cure a respiratory infection...

[accidental777]

Can we play nicely here for just a moment?
Back to the beginning, what exactly is the current situation? It is kind of hard to help someone if we are not fully informed of what exactly is going on.
Secondly...What exactly are your heat/humidity readings, and your current set up? This is not to throw you under the bus, this is just to get a basic idea of what kind of husbandry is going on. I think everyone genuinely just wants to help.
Third....take a glance at the care sheet I posted, to see if it is indeed an RI. If so, the snake needs antibiotics prescribed from a vet.

[Neal]

The point that everybody is trying to get across, is that if your snake is ill, you should take it to the vet, not try to use a home remedy to cure it. If you were sick with something that could do significant damage to you, and you could be cured with a doctor visit, would you like if somebody sat you at home and tried home remedys? That is the only point all of us is trying to make.

[rabernet]

To the OP - you ASKED A QUESTION here and people are responding. You need to take it down a notch or two in your responses to the people who were trying to answer your very GENERIC question.

No one assumed that yours has one. This thread is going to be read by others who MIGHT be facing a RI, and therefore, the information that is shared here is meant to help the general population here, not just you.

To leave anything out (like husbandry issues) would be a dis-service to the community.

[fullrace2]

well i guess you can see the guys that are just into it to make money and not help some snakes along the way.. i do not own a snake that has resp. infection. i did about 4 years ago. i `got it from this guy like that. and she went right to the vet and now is the best snake i own. its not about running a Rescue Organization but about helping out if you can. stop thinking about your self. just to. re cap. i am posting this just to help any one who has a snake with resp infection or trhinks they might

[rabernet]

well i guess you can see the guys that are just into it to make money and not help some snakes along the way.. i do not own a snake that has resp. infection. i did about 4 years ago. i `got it from this guy like that. and she went right to the vet and now is the best snake i own. its not about running a Rescue Organization but about helping out if you can. stop thinking about your self. just to. re cap. i am posting this just to help any one who has a snake with resp infection or trhinks they might

Then stop taking the responses personally and blowing up at people.

[Neal]

well i guess you can see the guys that are just into it to make money and not help some snakes along the way.. i do not own a snake that has resp. infection. i did about 4 years ago. i `got it from this guy like that. and she went right to the vet and now is the best snake i own. its not about running a Rescue Organization but about helping out if you can. stop thinking about your self. just to. re cap. i am posting this just to help any one who has a snake with resp infection or trhinks they might

If anybody has a question because their snake may have a RI, they can easily post the question theirself. It's not about making money, none of us own a Vet's office, and none of us are going to profit off of anything, so where do you get it that all of us are in it to make money?