Whistling

[ngav3]

Hey guys,

My carpet python is whistling when he hisses at me. Hes still a young carpet and still in that defensive state, and i just took him out and noticed whistling. Is it an RI? How do i treat it? Thanks. Hot spot is about 88 degress

[Andy_G]

It could purely be part of the hiss or related to stress, but I would certainly raise and keep that hot spot a couple degrees to 90-92. 88 is slightly too cool.

[ngav3]

Alright. Forgot to mention that ambient humidity is 60% and the whistling only happens when he hisses at me.

[limey]

It could be the slight onset of something, or it could be paranoia. Either way, I would bump up the hotspot a little as Andy G mentioned, and you should be okay. Catch these things in the early stages and you can alleviate issues before they occur.

[Albert Clark]

You may want to do a deep cleaning of the enclosure as well and place him on unprinted white paper towels until you can really get a sense of where this is coming from.

[chairman]

Any chance that he's in shed? That can cause whistling when they're doing their defensive heavy breathing.

[Andy_G]

Inconsistent whistling while under stress is not abnormal...especially if it's only while your snake is trying to ward you off with hissing. Absolutely nothing sounds abnormal at this point.