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I have a 7 month old sinlone milk snake and a 10 year old cal King They have some of the same problems just recently in the last few weeks no eating holding mouth open and trying to regurge up just fluid. no mucius coming out of the nose or mouth but making cliking nosies when mouth open. I currenty am trying to heat them up in an incubator in small cages with a little water in them at around 90 to 92 degrees any sugestions would be helpfull.

Just a few questions: How long have you had each of them, what is their food source, have they been exposed to any other reptiles, and have they had any type of chemical, pesticide or drug exposure or treatment recently?

Kelly

Ive had the sinlone for 3 or 4 months and the cal king for 2 years. I have a hunch the milk snake had somthing but i have them feeding on f/t mice when they would eat. I have given them some ivamech wormer deluted with mineral oil based on their weight and size before i heated them up. I also have a young Arizonia Mt King that is around the sick snakes and he seems to be fine and eating well. I dont think it is an resiporty infection maybe a parasite?

I would be very careful using Ivomec with snakes, especially small ones, as the margin of safety with it is very small and it is fairly toxic. There are other much safer and more effective drugs for internal parasites. I would definitely have a fecal run on them by a vet to verify your thoughts about a possible parasite issue. Doesn't really sound like an RI, but it is a possibility.

Kelly

Ya your right it is a vary small amount and it was vary dificult to measure but thank you for your help and i will probley run a sample on them

Thanks Tom