Slight popping...

[hypnotixdmp]

Just noticed a slight popping noise in my hogs breathing. I can only hear it if I literally put her nose in my ear. Possible RI signs?? What can I do to help with these symptoms?

[hypnotixdmp]

Honestly, my skin is kind of dry, and the scales tend to make a sound on my fingers, maybe that's what it was?

[hypnotixdmp]

It's def coming from nostrils...

[KMG]

Someone on here said their snake does that just before shedding. Any signs of an upcoming shed?

[hypnotixdmp]

She is kind if dull, but she hasn't shown any other signs at all....making me worried. But if it is an RI coming, how would I stop it?

[KMG]

Hard to stop it. When I bought a gtp that turned out to have ri the vet had me turn the cage temp up a bit, keep the humidity correct, and give the antibiotic injection he prescribed.

Any other signs? Mucus in around nostrils. Yawning/coughing, saliva stands extending from the lower jaw to the top when it yawns.

Is it due for a shed?

[hypnotixdmp]

I guess she is due for another shed, and no there are no other signs at all, nothing. Only the sound in the breathing and I can't really even here it unless her nose is stuck in my ear canal lol

[Annarose15]

Could she just be nervous because you are trying to stuff her face in your ear?

[Evenstar]

I had heard my female BP "whistle" a few times and got concerned. She had shed just a couple of weeks prior so I doubted that was it unless she had a tiny piece stuck shed up inside a nostril. But I couldn't see anything there either (and I looked - hard). So I bumped her ambient temps up by 2-4 degrees (left the hotspot alone at 90). A week later, I couldn't detect any further signs at all.

So I don't know if I was just lucky and she was able to fight off a pending RI, or if it wasn't an RI in the first place. But I do know that she never did develop an RI and she's been perfectly healthy ever since (that took place about 2 years ago).

Bumping up the ambient temps for a week shouldn't hurt anything at all and may just help! Hope yours turns out to be nothing too!!!

[hypnotixdmp]

Well, to be on the safe side I am gonna go ahead and bump the room temp up from 80ish to around 83-84 and see if it helps. I live and florida and the weather has changed a lot here over the winter, its been a weird year!!