Respitory Infection

[sparky4601]

Ok I have a snake here with a minor respitory infection the only symptom its has is a verry quit weeze. So my questions are: 1 is it contagous to my other snakes? (now before anybody yells at me) I already practice never handling each snake without washing my hands, they eat in different enclosers, I use seperate cleaning stuff for each snake, they are all housed seperate, and different snkaes at different ends of the room. 2 what do I do to clear it up? I have already raised my temp and lowered my humidity in the cage, and cleaned it out. So what is next? I just want to know what I can do and also what Should the vet do? The vets arround here don't know too much about snakes so I want to make sure they treat it the right way! sorry for soo many questions but these are my babies and i always want the best for them

[dberes]

Sounds like you're all set. If it gets bad, a vet will need to give your snake a baytril shot. One every 3 to 4 days or once a week depending on how bad it is. It sounds like you caught it early enough though and all you need to do is keep a close eye on your boa right now. Keep the cage temps higher then normal 85-86 ambient and 95 basking spot. Keep us updated. It may take a couple days for your snake to get better. It doesn't go away over night usually.

[denny_rimes]

It is always best to treat any infection as if it is contagious just to be safe.

If the infection seems to be minor, I'd give the animal a few days of elevated temps and decreased humidity then re-evaluate it's condition.

If, after this period, your boa does not seem to be improving a trip to a vet may be in order. Some antibiotics that your vet may prescribe could be Tylan, or Baytril, or a very effictive newer one called Fortaz.


Denny

[sparky4601]

Thanks alot guys I appreciate the advice I hope it goes away without any problems. I feel so bad for this one he was a rescue I picked up he has scares all over him from the previous owner (leaving his live food in with him for weeks and eating him alive. he didnt eat for 9 months and it took me 2 weeks to get him to eat when i got him (unitll this RI he was doing great hes on a regular feeding scedual and has gained about a pound in weight in the past few weeks and looks sooooo much healthier and happier