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could they catch this from a ball is it even possible? because my corn been making clicking noises with his mouth and idk what that means?
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Ball Pythons
1.0 normal
0.1 Black Back
1.0 Yellow Belly
Corns
0.1 bloodred amel
0.1.0 normal (wild caught)
Kingsnakes
1.0 desert king

Yes. Upper respiratory infections in snakes are highly contageous.

Tim

What r the symtoms?
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Ball Pythons
1.0 normal
0.1 Black Back
1.0 Yellow Belly
Corns
0.1 bloodred amel
0.1.0 normal (wild caught)
Kingsnakes
1.0 desert king

You have one of them... the clicking also wheezing, open mouth, bubbles in their mouths and red inflamed mouth sometimes as well.
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Brian Hettinger
480 Pythons
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what do u suggest i do to get rid of it
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Ball Pythons
1.0 normal
0.1 Black Back
1.0 Yellow Belly
Corns
0.1 bloodred amel
0.1.0 normal (wild caught)
Kingsnakes
1.0 desert king

Honestly my best advice is take em to the vet and have the vet look at him and if he thinks RI then have the vet culture it and when he gets tests you can take the shots home and do it yourself. Some RIs are sensitive to amacacin some baytril some fortaz...... you just never know but the longer it goes untreated the more scar tissue builds up in the lungs.
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Brian Hettinger
480 Pythons
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IMMEDIATELY up the temps at the substrate level where it is at to the upper 80's to low 90's at one end of the enclosure so it can start to increase it's own auto-immune metabolism to beigin fighting the infection. Then IMMEDIATELY make a reptile vet appointment. This is extremely serious, and your snake's life is dependant on you doing this ASAP!!!

All that you mentioned are classic signs of a very serious upper respiratory infection. If you ignore these posts, your snake will very likely die in shrt order. I have seen this play out hundreds of times with other people's snakes, so for your snake's sake, please do as suggested PRONTO!

hope the snake gets the attention and gets better soon.

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

my website -serpentinespecialties.webs.com

thanks for all the replies and all your help
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Ball Pythons
1.0 normal
0.1 Black Back
1.0 Yellow Belly
Corns
0.1 bloodred amel
0.1.0 normal (wild caught)
Kingsnakes
1.0 desert king