I have a female 1.5 year old eastern indigo. She's always been a very healthy animal.

Today she cruised her cage, very active and alert. She pooped (in epic indigo quantities) and was still behaving normaly, in the evening. But soon after, she started gaping her mouth and moving a little funny. It wasn't a normal yawn. I thought she migh be regurgitating (though she's never done that before...and by the amount of indigo waste she had just produced, I was at a loss to say what she'd have left to throw up).

After a few minutes of this, she worked up a large bubble of clear, sticky fluid. And then she went back to normal.

Is this definitely a resperatory infection? Do snakes ever just get some irritant down the throat and have to work it up? Should I take her straight to the vet or carefully observe her a little more?

I took her out of the cage to clean it and handled her a bit. She was just as strong and alert as ever. She didn't behave any differently. She seemed to still have her appetite as she got excited when I opened the cage and I had to be careful. She didn't make any funny breathing noises (other than the usual Indigo "Thsssp" sound they make when they get excited). She didn't open her mouth and her nostrils looked clear).

As I said, she's always been a very healthy animal and still lives under the conditions she's thrived under since I got her as a hatchling.

Are there any precatautions I should take? Keep her warmer/cooler? Keep her with more/less humidity?

thanks

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