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how do you know if your boas has respatiory infection???

justboas Dec 04, 2003 05:04 PM

thanks you for your responses
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Anthony

1.0 Ball Python
1.1 Columbian red-tail
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Simbo Dec 04, 2003 07:06 PM

The usual signs are breathing with a open mouth, gurgling sounds, weezing, sneezing, or even head jerking. If you see any of these signs I would take your animal to the vet for a few amikasin injections.
Good luck and let us know how you make out.
Take care,
Eric

bcijoe Dec 05, 2003 03:32 PM

It's snowing here in NY, been snowing all day.. guess i'm just a little loopy right now... loooong day for me...
wheezing sounds
bubbles out of nose
mouth hanging/gaping open
mucus on walls, glass..
refusing to eat
white/cream colored spongy / sticky looking stuff around/in their mouths..

Increase the heat, increase the heat, and, oh yeah, increase the heat.. lol
also change the water about 2-3 times a day

take care
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'Tis not the stongest of the species that will eventually survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change' Charles Darwin
Thanks and take care - Joe Rollo

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