respiratory infection help please

[CapeFearConstrictors]

Make sure your vet does a culture. Some bacteria is resistant to baytril, others amikacin and other antibiotics. A good reptile vet would recommend getting a culture done before pumping your snake full of antibiotics. It's more expensive than just guessing at which to use, but it's the better choice for your snake.

[lance]

^ I'm in the same RI/what caused it? boat as you.

Picked up a nice big normal female last week, no symptoms when we got her from the previous owner then BAM when we got home (~1 and a half hour transit) she was rumbling and wheezing all over the place and after monitoring her mouth/throat for a week she had bubbles/mucus that didn't improve. Just got her in to the vet today and she's going to be on a round of antibiotics (Baytril).
I'm stumped as to why the symptoms seemingly popped up out of the blue in the matter of an hour but I'm thinking that the stress of the transit "triggered" it in a way and made it more apparent. That's just a thought though: I'm still confused!
Regardless of how yours got one (if it is indeed a RI) I would haul her to your vet just to be safe. As kitedemon said, it's better to catch it early than later.

yeah im lost but I guess if I knew what started it I would be rich and no snake would go sick again that would be nice. I hope your snake is ok I have to go next week there packed at my vets

lance

Make sure your vet does a culture. Some bacteria is resistant to baytril, others amikacin and other antibiotics. A good reptile vet would recommend getting a culture done before pumping your snake full of antibiotics. It's more expensive than just guessing at which to use, but it's the better choice for your snake.

thats a great idea about the culture I will make sure I do this and thank you for putting that out for me to use so I just don't get a guess and pray for the best.

Lance