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Well today was my vet appointment for my female bolivian and both me and vet (and most of you that posted) believe it to be R/I. I have to give her injections once a day for 10 days, 0.12 ml of Baytril. I didn't notice it before but while I was in with the vet she started having tiny bubbles come out of her nose. Just perfect. The pic below is how I found her this morning before I took her in, she's not happy with me right now so I'm going to leave her be. I'm trying to slowly raise her temps a few degrees to help her out and eventually I'm going to move all their cages into the closet where I think I will no longer have this heat issue. Anyway, thanks everyone for your input.

That's a very pretty snake. My male BCI just got an RI this year and I have no idea how/why. I have had him since he was a week old and he is now 9 years old. Luckily my wife's old boss is a great herp vet and actually breeds colubrids.

First off he had me mist him daily and after I got the bathroom hot and steamy in the mornings, I'd get him in there while I showered. The other thing I did was get a tuperware barely big enough for him to fit in and filled the bottom with wet potting soil. ALso upped the temps.

For drugs, we started with baytril 0.1cc every third day. Initially he improved but then continued bubbling and having his head up and mouth partially open. Did that for two weeks. Since he wasn't getting better we cultured his trachea and switched to oxytetracycline 0.35cc (200mg/ml) every other day. The oxytetracycline injections must be painful because sampson hated them and his back would twitch when I gave it.

After about a week of the oxytetracycline, he showed big signs of improvement. He's now back to his old self. Took over a month to get him healthy again.

All my doses were weight based (I don't remember the calcs) and my boy weighs about 14 pounds. So it seems your vet has her on a much larger dose. Hopefully all will work out. keep us updated

Tony