Bad News, possible RI

[Cubby23]

Today when I was doing my regular handling of Mufasa I noticedhe was making a noise. As I listened harder he would exhale nearly whistling about every 15 seconds or so. Also when I held his head right near my ear I could hear that little clicking noise. This is the first day I heard it. In fear of RI I read about it for an hour. These are the syptoms. But I opened his mouth carefully and notced no extra liquids, and his nostrils are visibly clear. I read that If I caught the symtpoms early I can usually cure at home. This is was my fault, I had the humidity too low and was building a humidifier tommorow. Well I gave him an extra thorough misting tonight, added a humidity chamber, and tomorrow I will get the humidity in the room back to where it should be. Lets all hope he clears up soon. Thanks

[snakebitten69]

how close to sheding is he/she? when thay shed the nostrils will have plugs on them and it will sound like a RI! is he opening his mouth to breath?

[kavmon]

if you really think your snake might have ri, i'd get to a vet asap. the "home remedy" thing isn't going to cure ri.


vaughn

[DrEwTiMe]

honestly im not sure that the clicking noise always means an RI. I have had my ball for over a year now. Every now and then i hear the clicking noise when he beathes out when i am holding him, but i pick him up the next day and its gone. I hve never seen anything else that would indicate an RI and he has never stopped feeding since i have had him.

do you guys think im an idiot for not getting this checked out. He has never had any wet nostrals or anything

[Adam_Wysocki]

He has never had any wet nostrals or anything

FWIW - Ball pythons never get wet nostrils when they have respiratory infections. They don't have the ability to expel fluid through their nostrils.

-adam

[Cubby23]

Well I know he is very close to shedding. His belly started turning pink. He will probably have the blue eyes tonight. Thanks for letting me remember the shedding thing

[DrEwTiMe]

FWIW - Ball pythons never get wet nostrils when they have respiratory infections. They don't have the ability to expel fluid through their nostrils.

-adam

Ok, well she has been under my watch for about over year now, sometimes i pick her up and hear it, and then other times i have her i hear absolutly nothing. so i never could figure out if i t was an RI or not because i could hear the littli "pop" in her nose sometimes and other times it would be as if she never had any problems in her life. so its tough.