Treating My First Respiratory Infection

[Aedryan Methyus]

Well... I knew the day would come sooner or later... I discovered my Mystic girl - Misty in her tub with her mouth hanging open and wheezing today. Sadly, it occurred to me that she has been like this for probably 3 or 4 days, though. She has been refusing food, so I have been just leaving her alone as much as possible. I check in on her daily to make sure she has water and her tub is clean, but the last time I actually got a good look at her a few days ago she was like this. I thought she was just in a mood and being hissy even though she has never been like that. So, I didn't think much of it and I feel horrible now! Another lesson learned... As a side note, I know exactly why she got the RI and the problem was resolved a few days ago. Long story short, I had been battling with the temperature and humidity in my snake room for a few days when it got really cold here and discovered some very drafty areas in the room. I did some winter weatherization and everything has been perfect since. I've been keeping the temperature in my snake room between 77 and 79 degrees and the humidity has been staying between 55% and 60%...

Anyway, the moment I realized what was going on today I immediately setup a vapor chamber by placing a smaller tub with holes in it inside of a larger air-tight container. I boiled a small pan of water and dropped in some Vicks, along with a few drops of Eucalyptus Oil. After placing her inside the smaller tub I placed a towel on top of it with the pan of water and left her sealed in the chamber for 10 minutes. Afterwards, I returned her to a nice clean tub with some fresh water. I also boosted the hotspot temps up a couple degrees in that rack as well, because I realized they were only running about 87 degrees. Now, the hot sides are running about 90 degrees and the cool side around 78... Also, for what it's worth, i'm leaving the pan of vicks/Eucalyptus water sitting on top of my oil space heater for awhile and the whole room smells like Vicks. Immediately after the treatment, she was still opening and closing her mouth, but I didn't note any wheezing. I just checked on her again maybe an hour after the treatment and I still can't hear anymore wheezing, but she is still opening and closing her mouth. I examined the inside of her mouth pretty good with a flashlight while she had her mouth opened wide and there are a few small bubbles toward the back of her mouth. Not what I would consider excessive, but a few... She does seem to be a little better, since she doesn't seem to be wheezing now, but she definitely isn't cured...

Sorry to make this such a long post... What i'm wondering is, how long should I wait before doing another treatment, how many of them should I do and how often? Also, what is the longest I should leave her in the vapor chamber during treatments?