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Okay, on the 10th of January I placed my corn into brumation. This waas after 21/2 weeks of not eating and having temps slowly lowered. He's an '02. I brought him upstairs yesterday to begin the warm-up process. He was at around 55 degrees, and he's at around 60-62 now. I lifted him out of his sterilite to check him, and I held him for a while and all was fine, and then I heard it. A very very soft wheezing sound - does he have a respiratory infection? Was it brought about by brumation? What's the next step?
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?.?.? Leopard Geckos (eggs incubating)
1.1.1 Rhacodactylus ciliatus
2.5 Paroedura picta(eggsincubating)
1.1 Paroedura bastardi
1.1 Paroedura androyensis
1.1 Hemitheconyx caudicinctus
1.1 Cyrtodactylus irianjayensis
1.1 Gekko gecko
1.1 Pachydactylus turneri
1.1 Uroplatus henkeli
0.0.1 Hemidactylus turcicus turcicus
1.2 Teratolepis fasciata

Snakes
1.0 Blizzard Corn
1.0 Christmas corn
1.2 Reverse Okeetee corn (1 tang)
0.0.1 Ball Python

Hmmm, that's a tough one. Your brumation temps sound okay. I bet there was no draft as well? A healthy corn should do fine. If he was leaning against a RI the brumation will surely have make things worse. I would check him the next few days and raise temps now to normal temperature. If he wheezes after 24 hour I would go to a vet or start a Baytrill treatment.

Marcel

>>Okay, on the 10th of January I placed my corn into brumation. This waas after 21/2 weeks of not eating and having temps slowly lowered. He's an '02. I brought him upstairs yesterday to begin the warm-up process. He was at around 55 degrees, and he's at around 60-62 now. I lifted him out of his sterilite to check him, and I held him for a while and all was fine, and then I heard it. A very very soft wheezing sound - does he have a respiratory infection? Was it brought about by brumation? What's the next step?
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>>?.?.? Leopard Geckos (eggs incubating)
>>1.1.1 Rhacodactylus ciliatus
>>2.5 Paroedura picta(eggsincubating)
>>1.1 Paroedura bastardi
>>1.1 Paroedura androyensis
>>1.1 Hemitheconyx caudicinctus
>>1.1 Cyrtodactylus irianjayensis
>>1.1 Gekko gecko
>>1.1 Pachydactylus turneri
>>1.1 Uroplatus henkeli
>>0.0.1 Hemidactylus turcicus turcicus
>>1.2 Teratolepis fasciata
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>>Snakes
>>1.0 Blizzard Corn
>>1.0 Christmas corn
>>1.2 Reverse Okeetee corn (1 tang)
>>0.0.1 Ball Python
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Marcel Poots (Holland)
'Where is your crown King Nothing?' James Hettfield

Thanks for the reply Marcel. His temps are up to about 70 now, and strangely enough, he sounds fine now. I listened to him carefully today, and he sounds perfectly normal. I don't know what was up with that. I'm just going to monitor him carefully for the next few days. Luckily I do have Baytril on hand, but I've never medicated a snake. I've used it on lots of geckos, but never a snake. That would be a new experience. Anyway, thanks so much for the help!!!
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?.?.? Leopard Geckos (eggs incubating)
1.1.1 Rhacodactylus ciliatus
2.5 Paroedura picta(eggsincubating)
1.1 Paroedura bastardi
1.1 Paroedura androyensis
1.1 Hemitheconyx caudicinctus
1.1 Cyrtodactylus irianjayensis
1.1 Gekko gecko
1.1 Pachydactylus turneri
1.1 Uroplatus henkeli
0.0.1 Hemidactylus turcicus turcicus
1.2 Teratolepis fasciata

Snakes
1.0 Blizzard Corn
1.0 Christmas corn
1.2 Reverse Okeetee corn (1 tang)
0.0.1 Ball Python