Small amount of blood after defecating

[Bogertophis]

Thanks for the links, I sent an email out to my vet about the lung worms, but unfortunately he's not going to be in the office until June 10th. I really hope she doesn't have them though, it looks like there's basically no treatment

I hope that's not her problem also, & I hesitated to mention it, but figured your own research could easily turn that up anyway. Sorry your vet is absent for a while, I know how badly you want some answers & help for your sweet snake.

[aurum]

Got the results from the fecal back and she does still have some pinworms. Given that she also still has a little bit of blood with her stool my vet recommended we deworm again even though she did have an abnormal reaction the first time, and to try and prevent that we are lowering the dose this time.
I haven't gone in for an exam for her respiratory issues yet, but one thing I've been thinking about is if nido is a possibility here? I know it's much more common in pythons, but colubrids can have it too, and based on some things I've heard about it, it can sit and be asymptomatic for years and then pop up as an RI when the snake is exposed to enough stressors. I just feel like that matches what I've seen with my snake where the respiratory issues only popped up after the stress of dealing with the deworming medication. No other husbandry factors had changed to incite a bacterial infection and kingsnakes aren't usually prone to those anyway. I'm not sure though, and it might just be my anxiety trying to find a scary answer before I have any real ones, so I thought I'd ask the forum.

[Bogertophis]

Sorry to hear you're still dealing with this (pinworms) but it's not too surprising, considering the symptoms she still has.

I don't personally know enough about nido to answer that- I've happily never dealt with it, but you might ask the vet too. It's a great question that needs asking. Then again, it's easy for any of us to be anxious when our pets aren't well & when the treatment doesn't immediately resolve the issue.

[aurum]

I gave her the last dose of Panacur a few days ago and it seems to have helped somewhat? Sometimes I do still see a tiny amount of blood and sometimes I don't. I think I'll watch her stool for another couple feedings and then talk to my vet again if nothing improves. They recommended possibly doing a fecal culture or ultrasound if the Panacur treatment didn't work, so I might end up going ahead with that.
As for her respiratory issues I'm not really sure what to do about them. I was originally going to take her in for a culture to see if it was anything bacteria related, but the sounds I'm hearing are more like an occasional whistle than the wheezing and popping I normally hear about, and every time I check her mouth for excess saliva it looks normal to me. I guess I just don't know if there will be anything to find, and I don't want to put her through another vet visit if I don't have to.

[Bogertophis]

I gave her the last dose of Panacur a few days ago and it seems to have helped somewhat? Sometimes I do still see a tiny amount of blood and sometimes I don't. I think I'll watch her stool for another couple feedings and then talk to my vet again if nothing improves. They recommended possibly doing a fecal culture or ultrasound if the Panacur treatment didn't work, so I might end up going ahead with that.
As for her respiratory issues I'm not really sure what to do about them. I was originally going to take her in for a culture to see if it was anything bacteria related, but the sounds I'm hearing are more like an occasional whistle than the wheezing and popping I normally hear about, and every time I check her mouth for excess saliva it looks normal to me. I guess I just don't know if there will be anything to find, and I don't want to put her through another vet visit if I don't have to.

A slight whistle might just be normal for her- just like some people may have a deviated septum or other imperfection, it's possible your snake does too. And maybe it's just enough to trap water or debris that make the sounds?

Sorry that you're still seeing a tiny bit of blood when she defecates- that's a really stubborn issue, unusually-so. I agree that your vet can best help you if it continues. I was hoping it would have been all cleared up by now.