IBD? Help :(

[Chanel]

I'm not sure if my BP has IBD. He is 4 years old but I've only had him for 3 months. Everything has been fine until now.

He's been staring straight up in his viv for up to an hour at a time for the past 3 days, I'm not sure if this is stargazing? Recently he also has been wheezing or coughing every now and then (maybe 5 times in total within the past 3 days). I tried getting him out and flipping him over belly-up. When I did this he did not flip himself back over, but just sat like that with his head resting on his belly.

I also caught him doing this earlier:

I'm not sure what to do, any ideas?

[bcr229]

Take him to a vet that specializes in exotics. I can't see the video (NetNanny at work) but staring straight up for hours and wheezing sounds more like a respiratory infection than IBD.

There is a blood test for IBD, your vet will have to overnight a sample to the lab if you want the test done.

http://labs.vetmed.ufl.edu/sample-re...ions/boid-ibd/

http://labs.vetmed.ufl.edu/sample-re...ed-infections/

In the meantime keep this snake well away from any others you may have, increase his temps to 83*F low / 92*F high, up his humidity, and handle him as little as possible.

ETA: Now that I can see the video, why in the name of all that's holy do you have the heat tape inside the enclosure?!?!?!

[Stewart_Reptiles]

Take him to a vet that specializes in exotics. I can't see the video (NetNanny at work) but staring straight up for hours and wheezing sounds more like a respiratory infection than IBD.

There is a blood test for IBD, your vet will have to overnight a sample to the lab if you want the test done.

http://labs.vetmed.ufl.edu/sample-re...ions/boid-ibd/

http://labs.vetmed.ufl.edu/sample-re...ed-infections/

In the meantime keep this snake well away from any others you may have, increase his temps to 83*F low / 92*F high, up his humidity, and handle him as little as possible.

^THIS^

People need to stop self diqgnosi bg their animal by reading list of symptoms online and jump the gun to IBD, IBD is not that common.

Take your animal to a QUALIFIED HERP vet to see what he says.

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[Albert Clark]

I must say the ball pythons movements appear abnormal. It's impossible to make a diagnosis from a video. Even if we did, it's only speculation and not definitive. Sorry you have to go through this with him. But the best you can do is to take him to a reptile vet for definitive examination and testing. Good luck and keep us updated.

[Eric00]

Is that heat tape he's laying on????

[Sauzo]

Unless your snake contracted IBD from a boa you have, I doubt its IBD. Pythons are not carriers, IBD in them is death and it fairly fast. Might be a neuro issue. Did the snake get thumped or bonked on the head? Did it get overheated? The wheezing is probably RI. Regardless though, you need to get him to a vet. Over the internet diagnosis might work for a snake not eating for a couple weeks but for something serious like this, a real vet is needed, not armchair doctors. Good luck.

[Eric00]

I'm saying over heated, looks like he's laying directly on heat tape at the end of the video....