My Burmese python flinch every time she see me

[CALM Pythons]

Hi,

So I have this beauty for over 6 months now
she got sick ..

so I took her to this "vet"
and he prescribed oral antibiotics ( sulfamethazine ) for her ... and asked me to give it to her. << cost me 200$ and 100 miles trip just to see him

I have no experience in this matter (giving oral medications to a snake )
but I'm sure I did it right .

thankfully she is getting better

But, my problem now
after giving the last dose . she regurgitates the medication.

not all of it , maybe half of the volume .

and now after 5 days she doesn't want to eat , she is really scared , flinch a lot ,, and doesn't want me around her and today she constricted my arm really hard and pushed her spurs in my arm (I didn't know a female can do that ) I had to let her go .

is this normal ? what can I do to get her back on feeding and to gain her trust again ...
should I just leave her for like 2 weeks so she can eat again ?
or I should keep handling her to gain her trust again and the feeding can wait for weeks ??


Please help me .. I couldn't find an answer
and that vet has no real experience with snakes


** sorry for my English If I made a mistake

Welcome to the forum.
First your right that vet has no experience. You didnt say why you thought the snake was sick or what was wrong. I assume Repository infection. The vet should not prescribe oral meds. Shots of the correct antibiotic is what would be best if it has a RI. However they needed to test the snake to see if it is viral or bacterial. The wrong meds do no good.
What are your temps? What is it housed in? What are you heating with? Does the heat source have a controller (thermostat) ?
What country are you in?



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