hello.
one of my ball pythons has a respiratory infection. he has bubbles in the corner of his mouth, exhibits open mouth breathing, some times lays with his head up and has mucus in his mouth. the mucus is clear and he isn't any less active than he normally was. iv already taken him to a vet that i believe to be a great doctor. he has seen our other reptiles and our guinea pigs. he already prescribed baytril injections and he is due for his last one tomorrow.
my question is how long does it generally take a ball python to get over an RI and is he still contagious after he has had antibiotics? he has had it for about a week and a half. i took him to the vet the day after i noticed the bubbles and gave him baytril shots every 3 days since then. i have 7 other ball pythons that are in the same rack system that he was in before i quarantined him and none of them are exhibiting any signs of illness so far. my rack is wired with flexwatt and a herpstat kept at 90 degrees during the day and 83 at night.