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...I lost one of my BRB's. I didn't even notice she was missing until the next feeding which was almost 2 weeks later. I'm really kinda embarassed....I recently posted how I haven't had one escape since I no longer have a roommate. Anyway, I found her and warmed her back up and have her seperated from the others. I will feed her in a day or two, but what I need to know is how long is the incubation period for a respiratory infection? I don't want to put her back in with her roommate until I know for certain she isn't likely to become ill.

Linda

Linda,
...I am not usre about incubation time for respiratory infections. I think a snake that was healthy can go several weeks to a couple months before exhibiting any noticeable symptoms of a respiratory infection. A healthy BRB can tolerate temperature down into the 60s for months and not get a respiratory infection. Cold temeratures do cause them to be more at risk for infections but if temps were not too cold I would not be too worried.
Good luck,
Jeff

>>...I lost one of my BRB's. I didn't even notice she was missing until the next feeding which was almost 2 weeks later. I'm really kinda embarassed....I recently posted how I haven't had one escape since I no longer have a roommate. Anyway, I found her and warmed her back up and have her seperated from the others. I will feed her in a day or two, but what I need to know is how long is the incubation period for a respiratory infection? I don't want to put her back in with her roommate until I know for certain she isn't likely to become ill.
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>>Linda

>>...I lost one of my BRB's. I didn't even notice she was missing until the next feeding which was almost 2 weeks later. I'm really kinda embarassed....I recently posted how I haven't had one escape since I no longer have a roommate. Anyway, I found her and warmed her back up and have her seperated from the others. I will feed her in a day or two, but what I need to know is how long is the incubation period for a respiratory infection? I don't want to put her back in with her roommate until I know for certain she isn't likely to become ill.
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>>Linda

Not sure about the incubation period for a RI....but the first thought that pops into my head with an escaped ECC is dehydration.

I was on business in California late 2003........a buddy of mine was caring for my brood, and one of my male BRBs....less than a year old escaped.....actually...it's kind of funny except for the part where I never saw "Chairman Mao," again. The caper went down like this: One of my male boas (an argentine) escaped...and found a nice warm, tight place to hide. A sweaterbox rack that was housing a variety of smaller animals. When he squeezed himself in between the rubbermaid containers, he pushed the BRB's box open....BTW-Not the friends fault....(if your reading this J).......the cage I had the argentine in was a big clumsy home-built job of the melamine variety......I'm not much of a carpenter and the doors gave to easily.....

Chris O

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It's amazing how difficult she was to find. I found her the day after I decided I wouldn't find her in the stand of the enclosure. I am absolutely certain she was not originally there. I have alot more clothes than I remember! Maybe if I find the 95% of shed that wasn't on her I'll know where she was. The RI thing worries me because for all I know she was hanging out in the dirty clumping kitty litter. The worst part was going through the trash before it was carried out.

Linda,
Yep, happens to most all. My worst experience with free ranging snakes was when my female gave birth 3 years ago. In my enclosure the lights are separated from the living space by a heavy, rubber coated screen. This part of the enclosure is open to the back (now covered with heavy plastic). I knew that there was the potential problem of a baby BRB getting through the screen but just did'nt address the problem (guess I was just hoping to witness the whole thing). So I came home from dinner at around 6:30 and find she had given birth; little BRB's cruising all over. I eventually found 8 after scouring the enclosure (for those who have seen pics of my setup you know it was a task). So I'm just thrilled with having 8 babies and am putting the last away when I hear a rustling in a potted plant I had on top of the enclosure. Before I even spot the source of the sound I see a BRB wrapped around a tall corn plant that was nearby about 6 ft above the ground (that I did'nt get a picture of THAT still kills me). Eventually I found 6 more after looking everywhere (hanging from electrical cords, on the ground, in the potted plant).
Story gets better. One month later I'm cleaning the enclosure when I find a small shed skin! I just stood there with my mouth hanging open. Buried deep in the substrate, right next to its mom was another baby. This one had been burned by the lights and I suspect headed down into the substrate and I missed it (or it got out and later reentered the enclosure and got burned then). This one healed quickly and found a good home with a friend (I should of held on to that one).
So after all that you'd think I would have addressed the problem with the screen. Nah, I'm sure I'll be there next time when and if she gives birth....

Thanks, Paul

...for sharing your true human nature. I, being human also, also sometimes choose to do something that I know isn't in the best interest of all involved. That is one thing I like so much about this forum and being a bit more mature than I was 5 years ago. I can be honest and real and just don't care what someone else may think...well..maybe that's not entirely true. I do care about what I think others think of me, even though that idea is based in imagination rather than reality. But the thing that I really enjoy is the evolution of ideas and experience. That is why I also like Jeff Clark so much....he knows so much, yet knows he can still learn much more. Sharing our experiences is our strength, IMO.

Thanks for sharing yours,
Linda

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"There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance- that principle is contempt prior to investigation." Herbert Spencer

About 3 years ago i got my first pair of BRB. I had alway wanted a pair but could never find a pair i liked. After haveing them for 4 monthes my female escaped ( later kids fussed up to messing with her while daddy was in shower). I search high and low tore up my home looking for her , clothes everywhere getting up in the middle of the night with a flash light scurring around hopeing to see her and no such luck. I put plugs in every drain so she wouldn't become a 30 foot monster lol ( no to prevent further escape). After 2 weeks i figured some how she got outside and was gone. At the time i just started to breed some mice and had 2 litters in 1 cage 16 babys , my kids were excited and wanted to feed and water them every morning for me. One morning i'm laying in bed listening to the kids get ceral and eat breakfast then i here DADDY SNAKE! SNAKE! SNAKE! I jumped out of bed thinking one of my large boas was out and i get down stairs and there looking in the mouse cage. I ask them wheres the snake and they point in the mouse cage. I look in and see the adult mice on one side of the cage and then an overstuffed BRB on the other side. I said cool then noticed all the baby mice were gone. Then i though ohhh sh%*$. I gently picked her up and put her in her cage and she never regurged nor did she want to eat for a month. Hpe you enjoyed my little or long story but to this day i can't figure out where she could have been Paul