I'm not trying to discourage you from taking it to a vet but I'm a firm believer in natural healing, without antibiotics, etc, if conditions aren't life threatening. It sounds to me that your snake's conditions are still in a fairly early stage.



Many people, including myself, have cured URIs by increasing the overall cage temps to the upper range of acceptable temperatures. That's the one area that's commonly agreed on.



There's another area, humidity, that isn't always agreed on. Some say to increase humidity, which is my belief, while others say to reduce humidity. Both techniques seem to work so the underlying curing factor appears to be the heat.



I suggest raising temps to 95 on the hot end and low 80s (82-83)on the cool end. Temps for areas between hot/cool ends should be within that range, not higher or lower (proper thermal gradient). I also suggest increasing humidity to 60 - 65%. Eliminate night time temp drops.



You should notice a difference within 2 - 3 days but it could take as long as two weeks to fully cure.



Keep the snake fed & with plenty of drinking water. This will all go towards building up it's natural immune system, naturally.



Keep us posted, please.



Hang in there!

HH
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Due to political correctness run amuck,

this ol' hillbilly is now referred to as an:

Appalachian American

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