There are definitely two schools of thought here. I agree with John, and err on the side of caution. The snake doesn't need 24/7 access to water, so why take the chance of the increased humidity causing an issue.

In my opinion, which in no way is expert. It depends on the species of snake, as to what could cause or help the RI. Thayeri are not "humid loving" snakes. RIs in them do come mostly from bad conditions, usually wet or dirty cages. I don't think dry, dusty conditions do it. So, the treatment should involve dry conditions.

However, I also keep Green Tree Pyhons and a couple Emerald Tree Boas. Now, here I think that too dry conditions can lead to the RI. And the treatment should involve an increase in humidity and temperature. Again, it depends on the type of snake.

Something to keep in mind that's important. A respiratory infection, is just that, an infection. They aren't necessarily "caused" by the conditions. Your snake can get one when you are doing everything exactly right (the GTP and Emeralds are good examples of this). BUT, the bad conditions lead to your snake being in poor health, and give the environment necessary for whatever causes the RI to be present. Put the two together and you've got a potentially bad situation.

Like John, I've never had a snake come out of brumation in anything but great health. Which is what baffled me with the snake I mentioned earlier, I didn't really think it should have an RI, and it turned out that it didn't. I'm really interested in seeing how your snake does. If it went into brumation in good health, and the conditions during brumation were good. I don't think you're going to have a problem. Hope this helps,

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Brian

www.serpenteer.com

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• Post brumation URI IN Thayeri - tgcorley, Tue Mar 23 11:01:50 2010
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