Hey all,
Wanted to throw this question out there in hopes maybe someone has dealt with this in the past.. I have dealt with so many reptile problems with my rescues, but this one has me stumpped..
OK here is my health question.
I have a beatiful snake, not a rescue, just one of my collection. Midnight, many have seen her pics I always post. She is a BCI and one of my favorites.. About 4 days ago I woke up to her being out of her hide with her mouth gaped open. So first thing I though was RI. She didn't show any other signs of RI so I started off thinking that maybe it was caught in the very early stages. So I dropped the humdity, upped the heat abit to reach the high end of the spectrum for BCI's and left her be, just to watch her closly. 4-5 days past, no signs of anything, and she never gaped her mouth again as far as I could see. Well tonight after cleaning a few messes in the rescue room only to come out and see my girl doing the mouth gaping again. Now when she does this, its only for about 5 mins, and she surfs around while she is doing this.
She did drop some uric balls tonight before she did this, out of 5 balls, one looks odd, like a greenish tone, where as the rest were white. All were hard. She did expel a lot of fluid when she was going, but nothing super odd.
I snapped some pics of her while she was doing the gapping thing. I should mention that she has been held since the first time she did this and she did no popping, wheezing, there is no mucus in or on her mouth. And you can see from the pics, her mouth is clear and clean.
I know the only good reptile vet that is around me is away for two weeks, so that is not an option..
Any clues what it might be..? I have never had this before and since she is my baby, I am extra worried..
Thanks
Steve
Wanted to throw this question out there in hopes maybe someone has dealt with this in the past.. I have dealt with so many reptile problems with my rescues, but this one has me stumpped..
OK here is my health question.
I have a beatiful snake, not a rescue, just one of my collection. Midnight, many have seen her pics I always post. She is a BCI and one of my favorites.. About 4 days ago I woke up to her being out of her hide with her mouth gaped open. So first thing I though was RI. She didn't show any other signs of RI so I started off thinking that maybe it was caught in the very early stages. So I dropped the humdity, upped the heat abit to reach the high end of the spectrum for BCI's and left her be, just to watch her closly. 4-5 days past, no signs of anything, and she never gaped her mouth again as far as I could see. Well tonight after cleaning a few messes in the rescue room only to come out and see my girl doing the mouth gaping again. Now when she does this, its only for about 5 mins, and she surfs around while she is doing this.
She did drop some uric balls tonight before she did this, out of 5 balls, one looks odd, like a greenish tone, where as the rest were white. All were hard. She did expel a lot of fluid when she was going, but nothing super odd.
I snapped some pics of her while she was doing the gapping thing. I should mention that she has been held since the first time she did this and she did no popping, wheezing, there is no mucus in or on her mouth. And you can see from the pics, her mouth is clear and clean.
I know the only good reptile vet that is around me is away for two weeks, so that is not an option..
Any clues what it might be..? I have never had this before and since she is my baby, I am extra worried..
Thanks
Steve
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