Sneezing retic?

[scottyy]

So i just watched my retic sneeze or something like that and then she was rubbing her head on her cage. the inside of her mouth looks normal so i doubt that it is mouth rot.

[millertime89]

what kind of substrate?
temps and humidity?
is she in shed?

[scottyy]

aspen bedding. i have had her on that for a while though. temp on the hot side is 88-87 and cool side 80 and she isnt in shed right now. humidity i try to keep around 50% or so

[millertime89]

how big is she?

[scottyy]

she is about 6 1/2- 7 foot

[stephanbakir]

Her humidity is a little low, up the humidity, Temps are low too on the low end, I only drop my temps down to 80 for breeding, and only for males.
Poss RI?

[stephanbakir]

Humidity should be at 70-80% at all times

[scottyy]

well i have the temp gradient so she can thermo regulate herself, but she has stopped doing it but if she continues to then that is probly what it would be so i will up the humidity and if it is an RI i can catch it earlier rather than later.

[millertime89]

one of the members on retic nation had problems with one of his getting aspen stuck in her nostrils. Try switching to something with bigger chips or newspaper for a time and see if it stops.

[scottyy]

well its not the thin strips of aspen like the zoomed stuff its like aspen chips. i found the bedding in the small pet section of petsmart and got it because it was 10 bucks for a really big bag and i new that i couldnt use pine or cedar for any reptiles.

[stephanbakir]

Does the bedding smell strong?
Use newspaper as bedding, it might not look great but it does the job, they can't ingest it and it doesn't get stuck in their "noses"

[millertime89]

aspen has dust, and even the bigger chunks will have small bits that break off.

[scottyy]

no the bedding dont really smell strong. and its mixed with cypress mulch. it smells more like her poop in my room lol.

[infernalis]

Oh no, not another sick critter.

Guess it's the season.

[scottyy]

well im hoping i can catch it before it gets too bad. she just started today and hopefully it will go away before it gets worse

[stephanbakir]

Swap to newspaper bro, makes life easy. Bedding gets expensive when your critter drops a gallon of pee and soaks the wood, you end up changing the wood chips once a week, on an 8 foot viv that gets costly.

[millertime89]

^that's what I'm thinking, it might not even be her sick. Eliminate variables.

[scottyy]

well now she is going into shed and her eyes are clouded over at the moment and she has not repeated this behavior so idk maybe it was a fluke but i never heard or seen her doing that before so i was just a little worried

[millertime89]

good deal, you should post pics of her fresh from shed.

[stephanbakir]

Good to hear, post shed pics are a must, I miss your sunfire girl!

[scottyy]

yes i suppose some update pics are necessary.

[shaunyboy]

aspen bedding. i have had her on that for a while though. temp on the hot side is 88-87 and cool side 80 and she isnt in shed right now. humidity i try to keep around 50% or so


i am NOT saying your retic has a respiritory problem but.....

a lot of carpet python keepers including myself stopped using aspen as substrate

because it was very dusty and caused mild respiritory symptoms

is the retic constantly sneezing or was it just the once ?

cheers shaun

[scottyy]

i am NOT saying your retic has a respiritory problem but.....

a lot of carpet python keepers including myself stopped using aspen as substrate

because it was very dusty and caused mild respiritory symptoms

is the retic constantly sneezing or was it just the once ?

cheers shaun

no it was just that once last week thursday. she hasnt done it sense.