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30-Jan-08, 10:03 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-08 Location: Brisbane, QLD | | |
my coastal carpet python is making odd hissin sounds sometimes, im not sure if this is natural for this type of snake or if its something wrong wit its respiration system.
Also sometimes when i attempt to uncurl it from my finger (im not rough, or making any sharp moves) it makes a clickin sound, im not sure if its just cartlige or something else |
30-Jan-08, 10:18 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-07 Location: south coast nsw Age/Gender: 26  | | | | the odd hissing sounds could just be it exhailing rappidly as its body flexes when it moves suddenly, mine does this and its not a defensive his and not loud but only when it tightens its body quickly. the clicking i'm unsure of tho?
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30-Jan-08, 10:19 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Dec-07 Location: brisbane Age/Gender: 16 | | | | the clickin noise i recon is the spine my do it all the time its nothin to worry about...... |
30-Jan-08, 10:20 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-08 Location: Brisbane, QLD | | | | could the clickin simply be a lack of the sun light (uv light)?? |
30-Jan-08, 10:23 PM
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Originally Posted by S.t.e.v.e  could the clickin simply be a lack of the sun light (uv light)?? | NO i dont think so |
30-Jan-08, 10:23 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: May-07 Location: Queensland Gender:  | | | | Is it a hiss or a wheeze? Because both clicking and wheezing are symptoms of a respiratory infection - which I'm dealing with (possibly) with my MD...
Could be nothing. I'd watch it carefully though. The fact you're in Brisbane (like me) means you're dealing with the 65% humidity we've got at the moment - it went up to 70% today - so an infection isn't exactly unlikely. Any other symptoms? Yawning? Appetite?
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Last edited by serenaphoenix; 30-Jan-08 at 10:29 PM.
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30-Jan-08, 10:24 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-08 Location: Brisbane, QLD | | | | okay thanx for the help, puts my mind at ease |
30-Jan-08, 10:27 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-08 Location: Brisbane, QLD | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by serenaphoenix Is it a hiss or a wheeze? Because both clicking wheezing are symptoms of a respiratory infection - which I'm dealing with (possibly) with my MD...
Could be nothing. I'd watch it carefully though. The fact you're in Brisbane (like me) means you're dealing with the 65% humidity we've got at the moment - it went up to 70% today - so an infection isn't exactly unlikely. Any other symptoms? Yawning? Appetite? | no i havnt saw/heard any other symptoms only the hiss. a wheeze i think might happen more frequently  |
30-Jan-08, 10:27 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-07 Location: south coast nsw Age/Gender: 26 | | | | i wouldnt think so as they dont really require uv to promote its bone development as they get there calcium from there food items. could just be its scales catching on your finger and clicking as they release?
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30-Jan-08, 10:29 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: May-07 Location: Queensland Gender: | | | | Well if it's just a hiss - and definately not a wheeze why on earth were you concerned... hate to be the one to break it to you - but that's the sound snakes make.. you know? Hisssssssssssss....
Like on little kids story books? Cows go moo, ducks go quack, snakes go hisss?
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30-Jan-08, 10:35 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-08 Location: Brisbane, QLD | | | lol  yeah i know snake make sounds, but since my other snake spotted python hasnt hissed im 100% sure to tell between a hiss or wheez but it's [probaly just a hiss. and yeah the pythons scales sometimes get cauht by my finger so that could also be it |
30-Jan-08, 10:43 PM
| | | | the clickin noise i recon is the spine my do it all the time its nothin to worry about........ What the.....please dont reply if you know nothing.
Its too hard to say without hearing the noise. Id take it to a vet just to be on the safe side. If its a respitory infection it will need treatment...If its not at least you have piece of mind
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