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Hello friends,

I have an Albino corn snake named Shysie, he is a darling.
Anyway, last night I noticed for the first time in his life, his throat was swollen....right behind his jaw it looked like he was puffing his throat.

I immediately went online last night to research and I came across some info about mouth rot. I'm no expert, but I don't think its mouth rot for two reasons:
1. his mouth is closed and he has no cheesey residue around it
2. the swelling dissappeared for a few hours then reappeared.

So I'm very confused. Could anyone please help me?
Otherwise he seems to be acting normal.

Thank you!
Jordan

>>Hello friends,
>>
>>I have an Albino corn snake named Shysie, he is a darling.
>>Anyway, last night I noticed for the first time in his life, his throat was swollen....right behind his jaw it looked like he was puffing his throat.
>>
>>I immediately went online last night to research and I came across some info about mouth rot. I'm no expert, but I don't think its mouth rot for two reasons:
>>1. his mouth is closed and he has no cheesey residue around it
>>2. the swelling dissappeared for a few hours then reappeared.
>>
>>So I'm very confused. Could anyone please help me?
>>Otherwise he seems to be acting normal.
>>
>>Thank you!
>>Jordan

Puffing out their throat can be a sign of an upper respiratory....they are trying to suck in more air. Sorta the step before open mouth breathing. I have taken in a snake with similar symptom and the vet heard a tiny lung crackle. Baytril cleared it right up. Otherwise the snake was fine. So, you may be able to chase it off with extra heat, but otherwise I would rather do an unnecessary vet check than take in a sicker animal in a week.
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Sonya

Haven't we warned you about tampering with the structure of a chaotic system?
Mrs. Neutron

thanks Sonya,
I've never actually taken my snake to a vet before, I'll have to find one in the area, shouldn't be hard, I live in nyc.
thanks again.