My choice: High humidity.

During an RI, any animal starts producing more mucus. Why? To shed the bacteria or virus and transport it to the stomach or lymph nodes where the infection can be battled, or to cough/sneeze it up and remove it from its system altogether.

You want to keep the humidity in a cage 65-70% when a snake is battling an RI so its mucus stays fluid and it does not get dehydrated. Provide plenty of cool, clean water at all times. Add extra heat to the cage to allow the snake to create its own behavioral fever. Finally, see a vet. Baytril and other anti-biotics or supplements are usually needed to properly fight off, not just suppress, an infection.
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25 year old 0.1 from Lincoln, NE
Ball Pythons - 0.1 Pastel, 1.0 Pastel het Pied, 0.1 Pied, 0.1 Cinn, 1.0 Black Pewter, 1.0 Woma (hidden gene?), 0.1 Yellowbelly, 2.1 Normals
Kingsnakes - 1.0 L. m. thayeri, 0.1 L. m. thayeri X L. alterna, 1.0 L. g. californiae
Other - 0.1 Whitesided P. catenifer sayi, 1.0 H. nascicus, ?.? Chrysemys picta, 0.1 crazy cat, 1.0 husband

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• RI treatment. Humidity up or down - RussBates, Tue Feb 14 16:01:41 2012
• RE: RI treatment. Humidity up or down - lairofdragons, Tue Feb 14 20:54:56 2012
• RE: RI treatment. Humidity up or down - ssnakes, Wed Feb 15 11:48:09 2012
• Mucus is your friend - Bolitochrome, Wed Feb 15 13:02:26 2012