I got my first ball python less than six months ago. He was a healthy looking sub adult. About a month into owning him I started to notice respiratory infection signs such as wheezing and puffing. I take full responsibility for potentially causing this. I did my research before getting him from an expo but actually owning a snake is different then doing hours of research on how to own one. My husbandry was not perfect. I've had to made a lot of corrections. Now he is in a 40 gallon breeder with a regulated heat mat and a 100 watt black incadecant bulb. Temps are 92 basking and 84 ambient/cool side.

Long story short I took rusty to the vet as soon as I noticed signs of an ri. He was put on fortaz without a culture being done. At the time I did not do enough research to know that a culture should be the FIRST thing that is done. So basically my poor baby had almost 2 months of fortaz shots for no reason. It was my fault. I should have demanded a culture from the begininng but I didn't know anybetter. He has not eaten since beginning of August right around the time I noticed the wheezing, clicking, and puffing. I have not offered food recently because I know that he wont be interested in eating until we get him healthy. So about 4 vet visits later, a swab culture/sensitivity was done. 3 different bacteria were grown out from the culture. One being a strain of MRSA... my question is has anyone heard of MRSA potientally causing a sick snake? He is going to be put on Amerikacin injections on Monday.