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Possible RI. Handling advice for vet appt tmrw?
So I posted just a few days ago about my two new burms. Well, I came home last night to find a bit of a mess in the albino's cage. He had drank/spilled some water out of his ceramic dish. When I took him out to clean it up he regurged a ton of mucous/water and had the "pouch' look on his neck that is classic with RI's. He then proceeded to spew feces that was only semi-solid and contained a fair bit of gooey brown mucous. He doesn't make any sounds while normally breathing but I have noticed the odd gurgle in his stomach area... Hopefully he was just regurging water out of distress at being handled.
When I got him only a few days ago, it seemed he had eaten recently because he appeared quite full, I'm wondering now if he was bloated from an RI. Temps are 84-86 on the cool end depending if the snake room door is open and 88-90 on the hot, with a UTH hot spot reaching upper 90's low 100's . Humidity between 55-65, though it does drop eventually because the newspaper doesn't hold it very long.
I scheduled a vet visit for 9am, but he is very nippy and 10 feet long. I've never had to use force to restrain a snake, as I've always raised very docile animals, even my big retics. Any advice for the vet visit? I know I'm going to have to be tough on him but I don't want to hurt him.
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