Help!! Lung Infection! - Page 2

BIGT FROM F.B. · 01-01-14, 08:19 PM

Thanks Saber. I will take out the lamp, change the bedding and make a box to hold most of the humidity. I am awaiting the vet to contact me in the morning. I will post the progress and it becomes available. Hope the vet can start off by helping.

BIGT FROM F.B. · 01-02-14, 02:38 PM

Well, the vet said I caught it very early. As soon as I heard the popping, we went. We discussed the good advice all of you have given me and you all were right on! She liked the astro turf for the bedding but agreed it would be impossible to keep the humidity up like that. I have to administer 4 shots over the next 8 days for the infection. He was pissed and bit everything around him afterwards. Should be interesting....

Sharlynn93 · 01-02-14, 02:53 PM

lucky you! I was given a 7 day course of ORAL antibiotics...try wrestling a 4ft boa in BLUE who hasn't acclimated to being in a new home yet...getting to open her mouth was such a treat! she still won't let me touch her head since, and it has been 2 months...LOL..

glad to hear he is going to be ok

BIGT FROM F.B. · 01-02-14, 04:24 PM

Okay. Got the Eco Earth in. Stuff is nasty!!! Humidity is 81%, temp is 78F. Have the water bowl on the heat pad end, took the heat lamp off and just put a small halogen lamp about 8 inches above the tank. Have damp towels for now covering about 70% of the tank. Will this Eco Earth need wetting everyday, several times a day, or keep pretty good constant humidity? Am now looking for plexi-glass to put holes in and cover the top enough to keep conditions stable. Any other suggestions?

Sharlynn93 · 01-02-14, 04:26 PM

if you start noticing it looking dry, spray it down...mine only needs sprayed about once every 2 weeks, but I have the plexi-glass on mine...yours may need it more often until you get that in place...if you have a lowes or home depot, they have it, and will cut it to size for you...

kwhitlock · 01-02-14, 05:08 PM

Good to hear it went good!

BIGT FROM F.B. · 01-12-14, 01:10 PM

Update & concerns. Finished all of the Antibiotic injections this past Friday. I have replaced the substrate with Eco Earth, got rid of the heat lamp, placed damp towels on the screen top and moved the water bowl over the UTH. The temp on the cool side is 74 and on the warm side is 80. Humidity is from 85-90%. It looks like he's dry and chalky when looking at him, even though it's plenty humid in there. He hasn't touched a mouse in 2 weeks and seems a lot thinner. Will the medicine do this? He seems to move around well enough and isn't irritated when picked up. Just want to make sure nothing is out of the ordinary. Have a follow up appt. this Saturday. Just doesn't look "normal" since his illness.

Starbuck · 01-12-14, 01:21 PM

He could be gearing up for a shed, and sometimes medications, especially antibiotics, can cause nausea and make an animal unwilling to eat. Keep handling to a bare minimum until he is eating and looking normal again, and you can try braining the prey item to make it more appealing (if you're doing ft), and make sure it is nice and hot!

Sharlynn93 · 01-12-14, 01:54 PM

my CRB didn't eat for a month after finishing the antibiotic...not sure if its just a coincidence or if it was truly a result of the illness and treatment...

MDT · 01-12-14, 03:00 PM

What did the culture of the respiratory secretions grow out?

BIGT FROM F.B. · 01-12-14, 04:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MDT

What did the culture of the respiratory secretions grow out?

I don't really know. The vet just gave the syringes and showed me what to do.

BIGT FROM F.B. · 01-14-14, 01:38 PM

Does anyone live or know someone with knowledge of the BRB that lives near Flowery Branch, GA? I would feel better if someone would come take a look at my little guy. Starting to get a little more worried. He's looking dry like a piece of chalk and is getting pretty skinny, even though all the conditions are right as mentioned before.

MDT · 01-14-14, 03:39 PM

regardless of "right" conditions...you are giving antibiotic injections to fight off an unknown infection. if your snake has a respiratory virus, there is no antibiotic in the world that will fix that. a culture of the secretions should have been done to isolate and identify what type of infection you are trying to treat.

i hope things turn the corner for your BRB...sorry you are having to go through this.

Terranaut · 01-14-14, 03:45 PM

Are you able to post a video? Or some good pictures at least?

BIGT FROM F.B. · 01-14-14, 05:53 PM

Here are picture from tonight. You really can't tell the "chalky" color from the camera, but he looks like he's going into shed. All he does is stay curled in a ball, even when I put him back in his enclosure about 20 minutes ago.