RI Question

[Coluber42]

Just got the results of the culture test and they found two different types of bacteria. One was a normal bacteria that's found in all snakes mouths and the other is a real nasty one that's highly resistant to most antibiotics. When I go to the vet to pick up the antibiotics and the test results I'll post the names of the bacteria.

4 trips to the vet, three months of antibiotics. and $550 all a waste. The bacteria is resistant to both antibiotics I've already tried and the one I need has to be special ordered. I wonder if the kid I got the snake from knew he had a highly resistant bacteria when he surrendered the snake.

Now that I'm on the right track I hope this will get my guy healthy.

Glad to hear you got some real answers and I hope now your snake can recover! Please keep us posted!

Now for the PSA:
Antibiotic resistance is a real thing, in animals and in people. That’s why vets, doctors, farmers, etc, should NOT use antibiotics in a scattershot way, or prophylactically even though it’s very tempting.
Please people, even if the vet doesn’t mention it or it’s expensive, ask for the culture before starting antibiotics.
Also why you should always finish your entire course of antibiotics as prescribed even if you’re feeling better before you run out. Doses that are only partially effective kill off the bacteria that are susceptible and leave their more resistant relatives to survive and breed.