While watching TV around 5:00 this evening I heard this weird noise coming from Kings cage. I looked, and the poor thing was acting like he was sufficating. Mouth wide open (and now filled with aspen substrate), throat all puffed up, thrashing back and forth, making an honest to goodness chocking noise, gasping for air. At first I thought he was trying to regurge or something... then realized this wasn't the case. I felt so sorry for him. He's about to shed and with his eyes all clouded up and the contortions he was going through... I wanted to put him outta his misery, but waited... trying to figure out how to kill a snake and all. Then he quit. Layed his head sorta side ways with some slow gasps. I figured these were his last breaths.... but about 30 minutes later he started moving about as if nothing had happened.



I called the reptile people and got the name of a reptile vet and rushed the snake in. I was amazed at what happened. I found out the lady vet was new at it and even seemed afraid to touch the danged thing. In fact... she DIDN'T touch it, except to (reluctantly) feel a scale with an old shed on it with the tip of her finger. At the end of the exam (?) she did try to prob open it's mouth with a metal dealy bob (as I held him) and caused his mouth to bleed (an old wound from hitting the side of the tank so hard). She went in to consult someone (as she put it) but think that someone was a computer (I could have done that for free) because she was the only reptile vet (?) there. She came back with the verdict that it must be Pneumonia and it would be treated for that. She gave him one shot that's supposed to last 72 hours and I'm supposed to give him two more at 72 hour intervals. $70 later and I feel as though I just took my snake to a kid (she was young) that never touched a snake before... in fact, my king was their first one. I hope he makes it.



Just needed to talk about it.... thanks for your shoulders/ears



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MissHisssss

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