Are they really this resilient?

[Willowy]

What did the vet give him/do for him? I'm not sure a snake can go from "dead" to "fine" in one day .

[redshepherd]

I took him to the vet. He's okay now.

What was the diagnosis?

[voodoolamb]

I too am curious about what the vet said!

Try not to be too sensitive about people's replies here M1lkhoney. It's a community of snake lovers and no one wants to see your little guy in trouble.

From what you described earlier "He's okay now" does not make any sense. So what happened?

[Jeanne]

What did the vet say m1lkhoney? What was the issue?
What effect on people?

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[blk02ssmonte]

So......What did the vet say???

[redshepherd]

I smell something fishy...

[Jeanne]

M1lkhoney, what did your vet say? After all this w your post, it would be nice to hear what the vet said...

Hate to say it... But def smelling fishy around here.. Trolls have a fishy smell.

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[m1lkhoney]

What? No, I'm not a troll. I'm sorry for the late response; I've been busy and didn't read this thread yet. What seems fishy? The vet said his upper respiratory infection isn't completely gone, likely due to last time getting oral instead of injectable baytril. The doctor wants to try a week of this method and see if symptoms improve at all.

As as for the seizure like behavior, he had stopped exhibiting the behavior by the time I got to the vet. I should have taken video but at the time that was the last thing on my mind. It has not happened since. I am taking him back to the vet in a week; so far he seems fine except for an occasional click when he breathes.

I have been on this forum for months, my post history and avatar show pictures of my snake, all of my questions have been honest... I'm really not sure what's fishy here aside from being busy for one day.

[m1lkhoney]

antibiotics and his other appointment next week because I lost CareCredit and my budget just didn't include such an energency.

Yes, I realize I should have considered that before getting him; it's just this and next month that are very tight and the balance is due by the third and I lost one of my jobs and now this is turning into an essay.

I tried to make the post kind of lighthearted because I'd just had a monumental scare and if I wrote about it seriously I would probably cry. I don't even know why I shared this in the first place.

Signed, Apparently A Troll

[redshepherd]

That's a diagnosis! Glad to hear he's doing okay and on antibiotics.

We were thinking fishy, only because there is no way for a snake to be nearly dead/ill to the point of seeming lifeless, and then to "okay" within the same day. Seeing a vet doesn't cure on the spot, but it brings a diagnosis on what the issue was with the animal and a process over time of what you have to do to cure it. So hope that makes sense. Your posts just now explained all we wanted to know!