mouth question... - Page 3

LLinz · 05-13-11, 04:47 AM

Wow... I had a genuine concern about my snake's well being.... Asked a question, and look at what happened. That is really sad... The only reason that people commented on this thread is because they wanted to be a part of the drama.
As for the reason that I wanted to post this question, Sneezy is active as always, feed day is tonight at 11pm, I know he's hungry (he's been doing the 'hungry dance') so if he's still eating and showing that he's eager to eat, should I still be worried???
I will try to get a good picture of his mouth, as I've said, he never stops moving!

LLinz · 05-13-11, 04:55 AM

I'm working with what I have, no pet stores within an hours' drive have any supplies for reptiles, so I had to order it all online. I have the PE 2 temp gun, and exo terra digital hygrometer on the way, should be here any day now... I bought Sneezy from a guy that didn't have a thermometer or humidity gage of any kinds in the glass fish tank, so I'm doing all I can until my supplies get here.
Should I just get him to a vet??? (No bickering responses to this question, please)

Lankyrob · 05-13-11, 05:12 AM

MY personal experience with animals is that if you feel you need to ask if an animal needs a vet then it most likely does.

Dont worry about the haters - pop up all the time and disappear fairly quickly too - take any advice Mykee can give you about BP's - he is our BP god!

LLinz · 05-13-11, 05:18 AM

Very true. I don't hesitate calling the vet for my dog and horses, but I'm not experienced with snakes, so I want to make sure I'm not being paranoid.
The nearest herp vet is 1.5 hours away.. Won't that be really stressful for Sneezy? How do I go about taking him to the vet while keeping him as stress free as possible?

Lankyrob · 05-13-11, 05:20 AM

Put him in a pillowcase - put the case in a box and use screwed up newspaper to "pack" it in so it wont roll around too much - put the box in the footwell of the car and keep the heater running/ This is what we do when we take snakes to schools for the kids to learn about them.

stephanbakir · 05-13-11, 05:51 AM

Make sure that if the heater is running the box isnt in direct sunlight, not sure where you are in Canada but its going to be 17-25 degrees over the next few days and it gets HOT in direct sunlight.

Wolfus_305 · 05-13-11, 07:56 AM

Good luck with the vet trip! I hope everything goes well, keep us updated

mykee · 05-13-11, 08:21 AM

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"Wow... I had a genuine concern about my snake's well being.... Asked a question, and look at what happened. That is really sad... The only reason that people commented on this thread is because they wanted to be a part of the drama.
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Hey now, be nice...

Sorry for the tangent I took putting Millinex in his place. People who come out of the gate being a dik ain't cool.
You need 4000 posts here to be one.
That said, don't believe the hype about me, most of the people talking me up are on my payroll...
Anyways; as for stress, if the RI is in it's early stages (as it seems to be) the stress of the trip to the vet is greatly outweighed by the stress of death. A trip to a knowledgeable vet will get you a trans-tracheal flush and swab, a culture, and a few doses of either Baytril or Fortaz (with instructions how to do the injections safely) until the results of the culture swab comes back. You will probably have to go back to pick up the proper meds.
Follow the steps Rob laid out for transport and you'll be A okay.
Good luck and keep us posted.

TeaNinja · 05-13-11, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by mykee

Hey now, be nice...

Sorry for the tangent I took putting Millinex in his place. People who come out of the gate being a dik ain't cool.
You need 4000 posts here to be one.
That said, don't believe the hype about me, most of the people talking me up are on my payroll...
Anyways; as for stress, if the RI is in it's early stages (as it seems to be) the stress of the trip to the vet is greatly outweighed by the stress of death. A trip to a knowledgeable vet will get you a trans-tracheal flush and swab, a culture, and a few doses of either Baytril or Fortaz (with instructions how to do the injections safely) until the results of the culture swab comes back. You will probably have to go back to pick up the proper meds.
Follow the steps Rob laid out for transport and you'll be A okay.
Good luck and keep us posted.

crap....i'm only a quarter of the way.....i guess i still have to be nice

LLinz · 05-13-11, 07:18 PM

Thanks everyone! I'll go on tuesday. I hope I'm just being paranoid, but I won't take the risk.

DeesBalls · 05-13-11, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Millinex

Which are extremely worthless and just a pet store gimmick...

If you have the screen taped, it's fine, I was saying the screen itself is bad, most people use uncovered screen tops, which do NOT hold in humidity. If you try to tell me a normal screen top, unaltered will hold in humidity, I'll laugh at you.
In general, I tell people to stay away from screen tops, because in all reality- most aren't bright enough to figure out to cover it.

Try saran wrap instead, towels never did overly well for me, and absorbed more moisture than held in.

-Mike

Just want to throw in the fact i had a Brazilian Rainbow Boa in a screen lid, uncovered for ever!! and she had perfect sheds, ate fine, and never shown any problems... dont want to thread jack, start an argument, or antyhing, just wanted to point out that a screen top, just a screen top, worked for my with a high humidity snake.. all im saying...

To the poster... If it was me, i would go to the vet, just to be safe... it never hurts to check it out, and do what Lankyrob said with the pillowcase and what not.. when i take mine to the vet i put them in a critter keeper with substrate, a hide and all that.. seems to work, but only took the snake to the vet about 3 times...

i hope everything works out for ya!!

LLinz · 05-18-11, 03:01 PM

Soo Sneezy's mouth has gotten worse, and he's going to the vet on Tuesday, the earliest I could get him in. He is still eating, still active, but has been hanging out with his head up. If its a RI, why would his mouth look all dirty on the inside?
I finally got the hygrometer, and to keep it at 60%, I have to mist continuosly through out the day! The screen top is partially saran wrapped, I had wrapped it all the way around, and found Sneezy in the saran wrap lol, so now its just on the top. Any other tips? It goes down to 20-30% within a half hour of misting. I got a little fountain that I'll put in once we build his new cage, as the bottom of his tank is all cracked and I'm too paranoid to put more weight in it.

stephanbakir · 05-18-11, 03:30 PM

Placing a water source over a heat source or over a lamp will increase humidity, so wil removing the screen top and putting on a solid cover (not hard to build) as long as you open it daily air shouldn't be an issue.

LLinz · 05-18-11, 03:45 PM

His water bowl is under his lamps, I have to use the lamps to keep his temps up to where they should be.

stephanbakir · 05-18-11, 03:53 PM

Whats your houses ambient humidity? I'm in Canada aswell and im sitting at like 55-65% ambient. Could it be the lamp?