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RE: redtail boa having breathing problem

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Posted by: Ophidia_Junkie at Thu Sep 27 18:04:13 2007   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Ophidia_Junkie ]  
   

>>Any chance the animal was drinking prior to you handleing the animal? If so it sounds like some water just didnt get swallowed and drained back.
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Gotta kind of think along those lines myself.

The mucous created from Respiratory infections, is a pretty thick substance, not like water. When it is present in the mouth, it will often cake up on the lip lines, it will blow bubbles through the nostrils usually before that though.
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