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Allright so i obtained a Water Monitor,now named Phoenix...like the bird..from a friend,and well i was aware that my friend was haveing a difficulty with maintaning him but im afraid that hes sick.He makes a weazing noise when he is taken out of the water,and also when he gets mad,its not the normal hissing that a monitor makes its a fluidy hissing sound,im kinda thinking he might have a respiratory infection but im not sure of the symptoms that this infection brings,over all he acts like your normal water monitor,hes allways swimming running around,and he still eats...if anyone could help me it would be greatly appreciated

post below i gave some preventative RI steps that should clear up a MINOR respitory infection if the monitor is otherwise healthy i.e. eating, basking, passing feces, responsive and alert
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Jaye- " When you try of all your forces to make your own way, you will help some of others and will be helped by others. As long as you do not make your own way, you cannot help anybody, and nobody can help you. " (Shunryu Suzuki)

I'm sorry but i didnt recieve all of the message alls i got was a quote at the bottom of the message and you said these are ways to prevent a minor ri,but it didnt show your ways

By no means am i an expert with respitory infections but what i would do if i were in that situation is look at my night drops in temp because from what ive gathered these RI's are typically caused by temps dropping below 80 degrees consistently. If your monitor is on a day/night cycle (-temps up in the day, dropping at night)you may want to run day time temps 24/7 and maybe lower the humidity a tad just until the clears up.In my oppinion as long as your monitor is healthy( eating, swimming,basking, hiding, passing feces etc.) and just has a slight sniffle the above methods may clear it up but i'd keep a close eye on it to be sure. If the situation worsens by all means see a vet!!
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Jaye- " When you try of all your forces to make your own way, you will help some of others and will be helped by others. As long as you do not make your own way, you cannot help anybody, and nobody can help you. " (Shunryu Suzuki)

Look, it's really simple. If you think your animal is sick take it to a qualified herp vet. I said qualified herp vet, not someone that advertises in the yellow pages claiming to treat "exotic" pets. Too may vets use the exotic phrase because they can treat sick parrots.

Scott
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Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.

Yes, you should take your animal to a qualified vet asap.
Ideally a vet that keeps herps themselves.

a good base to start from would be a good caresheet. check out our caresheet at our site, as well as our Water article from Reptiles magazine that is also listed at our site, both go over lots of specific temperature and care details.

if you are not keeping the animal properly, nothing else matters.

if the sickness is beyond your control or comprehension, see a vet.

best of luck!
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robyn@proexotics.com

Pro Exotics Reptiles

Heat him up for a while and check your temps.My waters had respiratory infections and a good 7-10 days of 85 night/100 day temps cured the fine.Vets are best though