Our vet is an Avian/exotic specialist who is suppose to be the best in the Cincinnati area. I will contact our local reptil rescue and see who they use.

I guess the vet chooses to put snakes on the heavy duty AB's because they kill pretty much anything. Then he doesn't have to charge for the culture. He didn't offer a culture and I don't think it would work at this point because my snake has been on AB's. I wish I would have known to ask for one at the time. This is our first time dealing with an illness. We had only had the snake for almost 3 weeks when he started showing symptoms.

I will bump up the temps to what was suggested.

My snake weighed 358g at the vets office. The dosage for the Amikacin was 2.5 mg and the dosage for the Ceftazidime is 8mg.

The reason the vet said it is most likely a virus if these AB's don't work is because they are very strong AB's and should kill pretty much any bacteria in the snake.