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    Re: Breathing heavy

    Quote Originally Posted by Kansasalicia View Post
    Thanks for the advice! My fiance and I are taking her to the vet Wednesday. She's (snake) has some of her sensory holes plugged and one nostril on top her head. Still some shed left on the too of her head. She was making a clicking noise too.
    Well hopefully it's not an RI, only that some shed is remaining that's causing the trouble. Raising her humidity, you should be able to help her finish her shed, & if you
    just walk into the vet (with the dried-on shed), he or she won't have time* to do that sort of thing anyway, at least that's my guess. *Or it will cost a lot for something
    you can do at home? If that was me, I'd have held off on the feeding so as not to have a negative impact on her digestion, but you should be able to contain** her with a
    very damp towel for a while...maybe in the cage where it's plenty warm, so she can "multi-task"- digest & clear the old shed off in peace- then help manually after all the
    old shed is moist & easily removed, if any is left. **By "contain her with towel" I mean in a smaller plastic 'critter cottage' that she can just fit comfortably in with towel.

    Has the humidity in her cage been too low? This really sounds like a home/husbandry issue that you hopefully don't need a vet for?

    As far as her recent meal, it should be mostly digested by now. You aren't still seeing a bulge, are you? For future reference, don't feed items that are
    larger than where they are going (her mid-body- stomach); slightly less in width is preferable.
    Last edited by Bogertophis; 03-02-2019 at 12:31 PM.

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