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I read a post you made a year ago on google ask and was wondering if you could answer a question for me. I purchased a ball python from a guy and it came in with URI (I got a smoking deal on the 10 animals i bought and the other 9 are in great shape as is she weight wise) and i will not return them to the keeper id rather spend the time and money to get her better. anyways . . she was already bubbling when I opened her tub after the 7 day wait period I give them so they don't get more stressed out after shipping. so I started a treatment of Baytril for the infection and am on day 7 of 14 of the treatment, my question is my vet told me to keep her humidity at 0%? yet another big breeder friend told me to keep her humid? the reason I ask is she started to bubble blood around her mouth? I started to think that the big breeder friend is correct as my thinking is that her lung in now so dry it started bleeding? but yet the vet said to keep her at 0% humidity so the URI did not get worse, the thought of keeping her dry made sense at first but after the rational the breeder gave me it made me second guess what the vet told me. I cant get a hold of the vet till Monday.

Any advice would be awesome
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1.0 het pied
1.0 sunrise (unproven ball python morph)
1.0 pastel
1.0 nerd hypo
1.0 spider Het hypo
0.5 het nerd hypo
0.3 poss het nerd hypo
0.1 poss Het albino
0.1 het pied
0.5 Breeder normals
0.1 black pastel (unproven)
0.1 Tiger (unproven)
0.1 mojave (best looking one ever! thanks Jeff Luman)
0.1 pastel Het ghost
0.1 red tail boa over 8ft
1.0 snow corn
0.1 albino Het snow corn (laying in 7 days) Laid 14!
0.1 albino Het snow corn
2.0 Reed frogs
2.2 felines aka boa food ;o
And I am not gonna count all those rats . . .

Brian H
Brianhettinger@hotmail.com

Np
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1.0 het pied
1.0 sunrise (unproven ball python morph)
1.0 pastel
1.0 nerd hypo
1.0 spider Het hypo
0.5 het nerd hypo
0.3 poss het nerd hypo
0.1 poss Het albino
0.1 het pied
0.5 Breeder normals
0.1 black pastel (unproven)
0.1 Tiger (unproven)
0.1 mojave (best looking one ever! thanks Jeff Luman)
0.1 pastel Het ghost
0.1 red tail boa over 8ft
1.0 snow corn
0.1 albino Het snow corn (laying in 7 days) Laid 14!
0.1 albino Het snow corn
2.0 Reed frogs
2.2 felines aka boa food ;o
And I am not gonna count all those rats . . .

Brian H
Brianhettinger@hotmail.com

I've never had the problem so I consider myself lucky. I know my luck will not last forever.

Please post the answer you were provided and share.

Thanks

Alan

1.1 Pastel
1.0 Spider
0.2 Normals

I would think that leaving the humidity the same, or normal as far as regular husbandry goes... though I do elevate temps a little bit.

Please do post your answer, thanks!!
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Cheers!
• Chelsea Lynn Gardiner
(and Frank M. Wood)

In this case the veterinarian is wrong and the breeder is correct. In respiratory infections the last thing you want to do is to dry up all the secretions that are in the airway, and reducing the humidity will cause them to dry up. I would increase the humidity and even nebulize them to loosen up any secretions.
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Michael McFadden, M.S., D.V.M.

That is what I did with my pastel. For two months I ran a warm mist humidifier, but he just couldn't kick it. I don't think a URI can ever be beat without medication. If I am wrong, I would love to hear other ways to treat them.