Quote Originally Posted by dsmalex97 View Post
I don't believe the tank is the issue just because he was feeding best when in the the tank. I think I left an important detail out. I adopted him when I was living at my house, and ended up moving in with my girlfriends house. She didn't have room because of all her snakes, so I left the tank at my house. I would stop in a few times a week spot cleaning, changing water, and feeding. He was fine for the longest time and I was happy because he was in poor conditions when I got him, and I managed to put weight on him and see him blossom into what he really was supposed to look like. A few months went by(making it september octoberish)and my girlfriend(Kristyn) was able to make some room, so we converted him into a tub snake. At first it didn't seem to make a difference, but after about 2 months he started getting really antsy and he was always on the prowl, always moving and I rarely saw him calm. Still kept his appetite up though throughout all of this.

Here's where I think things went sour....

Unfortunately Kristyn was having a hard time keeping the temps where they need to be through the winter and sometimes they were exposed to some low temps that they really shouldn't have...Nothing lower then 70, which I know is way too low unless you are cooling your snakes for breeding, but thats only in short intervals. I wasn't liking how cold it was and after a while he stopped eating, and only eating sometimes so I decided to bring him back to my house. After bringing him there I also put him back in the tank being that there never seemed to be any issue with it, and is what he's used to. He continued eating normal again up until june, and then stopped. I had him out yesterday because I attempted to force feed him, because he's lost quite a bit of weight. Didn't weigh him because my scale wasn't there, but I KNOW hes skinny now. Hes back to what he was when I got him...But I did notice him wheezing. He didn't just shed so its not stuck shed. I think its RI, because when I was trying to force feed him I did notice a decent build up of saliva in his gums. I didn't notice it as much after I tried force feeding, which by the way was unsuccessful, he was squirming too much and I didn't want to hurt him. What I want to know is, is there anywhere I can order the medication for this. I don't want to pay a vet 80 dollars just to look at him if I can avoid it. Also, how long will it take him to beat this?
You need to take him to the vet if you suspect an RI. Just giving any antibiotic (and getting it offline? Those drugs could be expired or mislabeled or factory rejects, etc) may not fix the problem.

The vet needs to do a culture to figure out which bacteria is causing the problem THEN prescribe the appropriate antibiotic that the bacteria is most susceptible too. The vet should also show you how to dose the animal; the right amount of medication, over (x) amount of days and how to give the injections or tube the snake of the meds are to administered orally.