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Re: Help! Ball Python sick.. ?
If he's bubbling it sounds like Resperitory infection. Which could be caused by low temps I think.
Then again I am no expert someone here will know better.
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Re: Help! Ball Python sick.. ?
open his mouth and see if he has a lot of saliva/mucus in his mouth. if u see that then he has an RI and u need a vet to prescribe medication. when u get extra cash u need to go to the vet asap, but for now bump up the temps to 93-95 and keep him dry. without a vet he is going to get worse. and the RI couldnt set in over night that bad, he must have had it for a while
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Re: Help! Ball Python sick.. ?
The normal temperatures that I have always housed a ball python at was 90-95 hot side, and 80- 85 cool side, you would set the thermostat to keep those temperatures. You don't really need a UV lamp since ball pythons are nocturnal, but you can keep it if you want, but ceramic heat emitters or red heat lights are best.
Drool coming out of the mouth is usually a upper respiratory infection, it can be caused by low temperatures, along with other things. You could bump the temperatures up a little with a hotter heat bulb, but don't bump the under the tank heat mat temperatures up, you would burn the poor snake.
Try to keep humidity at 50- 60% to ensure good shedding, it will help with the eyes, to me it just sounds like stuck eye caps from not being able to shed properly due to poor humidity.
If you need any other help just ask, and of course good luck.
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Re: Help! Ball Python sick.. ?
Was the snake continuously drooling? You could have just caught him after he was taking a drink of water and some just fell out of his mouth, this is pretty common.
Also, are you sure the noise you heard wasn't a hiss? The snake is probably a little scared from being moved around so much, new sights new smells...
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Re: Help! Ball Python sick.. ?
Hi guys.. thanks for the responses! I rushed back just to get on here..
I own quite a few snakes.. but I'll be honest I never had a sick snake.. cause I always did what I had to do to take proper care of them! but.. DEFINITELY wasn't hissing.. was definitely a bubble sound!.. I have to get to the vet.. I dont know what to do till I get money.. I'm so upset right now. Luckly I do have the snake in a different room then where I house my other snakes.. I have a corn snake who is very very young.. so I dont wanna get him infected.. I been washing my hands after handling all of them.. I always do.. and after I've handled the sick ball.. I been washing my hands and alcoholing them.. I have took ur guys advice thus far and pumped the heat up.. but the only way I can acheive those temps is keeping all the bulbs on and the underbelly heater on..
Question:? Anyone ever have a snake that had an upper Resperitory infection? If so maybe someone can tell me what type of antibiotic they normally give for it and maybe even tell me how much it goes for.. what I can expect the bill to be? Also how do you give it to them? Threw a dropper orally?
Thanks a bunch everyone!
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Re: Help! Ball Python sick.. ?
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Re: Help! Ball Python sick.. ?
Originally Posted by gLoBaL mInD
Hi guys.. thanks for the responses! I rushed back just to get on here..
I own quite a few snakes.. but I'll be honest I never had a sick snake.. cause I always did what I had to do to take proper care of them! but.. DEFINITELY wasn't hissing.. was definitely a bubble sound!.. I have to get to the vet.. I dont know what to do till I get money.. I'm so upset right now. Luckly I do have the snake in a different room then where I house my other snakes.. I have a corn snake who is very very young.. so I dont wanna get him infected.. I been washing my hands after handling all of them.. I always do.. and after I've handled the sick ball.. I been washing my hands and alcoholing them.. I have took ur guys advice thus far and pumped the heat up.. but the only way I can acheive those temps is keeping all the bulbs on and the underbelly heater on..
Question:? Anyone ever have a snake that had an upper Resperitory infection? If so maybe someone can tell me what type of antibiotic they normally give for it and maybe even tell me how much it goes for.. what I can expect the bill to be? Also how do you give it to them? Threw a dropper orally?
Thanks a bunch everyone!
I have had plenty of snakes with upper respiratory infections come through here, as far as rescues or even buying them because I felt bad and knew they would die if I did not. Your under the tank heat mat should be on all the time any how, if you need to leave the heat lamps on that is fine, just try not to use white light as it could stress them out, like I said ceramic heat emitters, or red or black heat bulbs are best.
Out of all of the snakes that I had treated for respiratory infections, the highest bill I had was $200, and the lowest bill I had was $90, so I would expect it to be any where in there. Usually you will be prescribed Baytril injections. How ever, my vet did tell me if it were a mild case and if I wanted to try and save money, you could buy Saline Nose Drops and a needless syringe that reads ml. and you would use 1 ml. and shoot it up their nose, 1ml. per nostril. Just make sure you shoot it in their nose and not their heat pits. Granted, I never did try it, I just went in to the vet's office, but I do trust my vet and she is very good, so I guess if money is tight that could be an option if it is mild case and not severe.
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Re: Help! Ball Python sick.. ?
Same thing happened to me when I bought my BP.She had a RI, Plus she was ready to shed when I got her. I noticed when i got her home that she would "yawn" constantly. We have a vet here who has a herp vet on call, just in case. I was instructed to give her Baytril for 20 days. I think with the medicine and the visit, it cost 50 bucks, After her medicine was finished, she was alot more active, and she shed a perfect shed when i raised the humidity in her enclosure.
Last edited by baller29; 03-28-2010 at 06:14 PM.
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Re: Help! Ball Python sick.. ?
Originally Posted by baller29
Same thing happened to me when I bought my BP.She had a RI, Plus she was ready to shed when I got her. I noticed when i got her home that she would "yawn" constantly. We have a vet here who has a herp vet on call, just in case. I was instructed to give her Baytril for 20 days. I think with the medicine and the visit, it cost 50 bucks, After her medicine was finished, she was alot more active, and she shed a perfect shed when i raised the humidity in her enclosure.
Respiratory infections are very common when buying snakes from pet stores, mostly because if one is sick, they can all catch it just from being housed together, as well, most pet stores do not meet husbandry requirements. Baytril is the most common thing given to treat them, for snakes, injections are the best because when given oral their metabolism is very slow compared to a monitor lizard or geckos, or anything else, therefor, oral takes a very long time to even see a small improvement.
You can most likely spend less than I do for a vet visit, I chose my vet because she specializes in reptiles and other exotics. She is not the cheapest vet around, but knows her stuff and really cares,but also, she doesn't cost an arm and a leg either.
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