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RE: Burm spits up!

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Posted by: HappyHillbilly at Wed Dec 5 19:29:51 2007   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by HappyHillbilly ]  
   

Howdy!
RI is the first thing I thought of as well, and just to make sure people are aware, one of the first signs of RI is usually laying with the head elevated, nose up. Sometimes it's slightly up other times straight up.

Sounds like it just missed a total regurgitaion of it's last meal from the timing of the last meal, spit up & defecation.

You said; "...in her cage her temps are 87 on one end and 96 on the other right now, and the humidity is right at 37% (to low i have a hard time keeping it up)."

If those were the conditions when she spit it's possible she might've got too hot, especially if there's not a thermostat on her heat source. Not to criticize you or anything but why do you have the temps so high? I don't let me temps get that high even when I'm treating a respiratory infection. If running high temps the humidity has to be kept above 65% or you're asking for trouble.

So, it's possible, I think, that she got too hot & dehydrated.

I wouldn't be too concerned at the moment if she appears to be OK now. Like someone said, wait about 2 weeks and feed her again, but I would make it a fairly light meal so it won't overwork her system since it's been weakened and needs to rebuild on it's own.

Please keep us posted.

Hang in there!
HH
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Due to political correctness run amuck,
this ol' hillbilly is now referred to as an:
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