Quote Originally Posted by Lucifers_Mommy
if you just noticed it then up her temps....her air temp should go up about 10 degrees and drop the humidity to 40-50,the temp should make her ammune system kick in.....if you just caught it you might get lucky and it can go away on its own.

If it doesnt stop after 2-3 days of doing that you will have to take her to the vet. And even if it does stop you might want to just get her looked at anyways, and if everything is well at least it will save you the cost of the antiboitics and you will only pay the vet fee.

Good luck
Just an FYI ... In my experience, a captive ball pythons immune system is not strong enough to fight a respiratory infection on it's own ... bumping up temps will only boost the immune system enough to supress the infection, but not eliminate it totally ... which will be fine through the summer months, but then in the fall when temps are cooler and the air is dryer, the respiratory infection will return and likely be deeper in the lungs making it harder to treat.

If you even THINK that your ball python has a respiratory infection, take the animal to a vet and have a culture done ... The culture will not only identify whether or not your animal is sick, but it will also indicate the most effective anti-biotic for treating the infection.

Hope this helps.

-adam