Hi everyone,

I've been very fortunate to not have dealt with RI in any of my 2 dozen snakes since I picked up on the hobby 4 years ago.

Sadly, I discovered my newest member looks like she has a RI last night with some bubbles forming around the mouth and wheezing this morning. (... why does it have to the pied female... why?) I've only had her for a week. I think the RI might be the result her peeing in her bag when she was shipped accompanied by the lack of a heat pack and of course stress. I've contacted the breeder already and am just waiting for a response to see if he is aware of any RI issues in his collection. Since I don't know what caused it, I'm not blaming anyone.

I've hunted through forums and googled everything. The vet appointment is later this afternoon with a reptile specialist. Very fortunate to have one so close to home. She is quarantined in a 20g long tank with newspaper, a hide spot and a water bowl (on the cool end). The hot spot is in the low 90s. I'm reading that lower humidity and high heat helps. Upon further reading, there also seems to be a number of people saying that the antibiotics aren't really useful. Of course, now I'm a bit confused... she's still going to the vet... but can anyone give me some first hand experience with dealing with RI? Do the antibiotics work?

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