fourexes
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I purchased a spotted a few months back now and have bit had a bit of a niggling problem,other than it looking alot like a childreni. He seems to show intermittent signs of a Respiratory Infection but otherwise seems great. He's been to the vet and had a dose of ventril I think, antibiotics either way. The symptoms seemed to reduce with the antibiotics but not disappear. Being probably a little too vigilant I insisted my vet check again and perhaps run another course of antibiotics. The solution apparently was run a swab test to pinpoint bacteria and there seemed to be a bit of miscommunication as when I picked him up I spoke to the actual vet and he checked him out and looked as far down his throat as possible without sedation and everything seemed fine. The suggested solution was to check back in a few weeks.
Symptoms include clicking breathing most of the time and occasional puffy throat and when I pull his lip down when he's got puffy throat he's got bubbles in his mouth & sounds like an asthmatic old falcon. Also shows some evidence of discharge from nostrils but never actually seen it.
He is still eating and is very active, doesn't seem cranky and is due to shed (first with me).
He is in a 70litre tub with a heat mat 24/7 & a basking heat lamp on for 10 hours of the day. Substrate is breeders choice to reduce humidity.
I thought perhaps I was just tripping balls but other people have seen & heard it to, both snake educated and otherwise. My biggest problem is I want to consolidate my herp collection together to save room but I don't want to give my water python this 'thing' that doesn't seem to be a 'thing'.
Am I over-reacting? I've tried to get pics of the bubbles but it's too hard. it's only been 3 months of quarantine and technically if he still has something that has to start again. My other concern was that it disapears over summer and comes back in winter. And if I've taken it to the only herp vet in town and they say it's fine is it?
Symptoms include clicking breathing most of the time and occasional puffy throat and when I pull his lip down when he's got puffy throat he's got bubbles in his mouth & sounds like an asthmatic old falcon. Also shows some evidence of discharge from nostrils but never actually seen it.
He is still eating and is very active, doesn't seem cranky and is due to shed (first with me).
He is in a 70litre tub with a heat mat 24/7 & a basking heat lamp on for 10 hours of the day. Substrate is breeders choice to reduce humidity.
I thought perhaps I was just tripping balls but other people have seen & heard it to, both snake educated and otherwise. My biggest problem is I want to consolidate my herp collection together to save room but I don't want to give my water python this 'thing' that doesn't seem to be a 'thing'.
Am I over-reacting? I've tried to get pics of the bubbles but it's too hard. it's only been 3 months of quarantine and technically if he still has something that has to start again. My other concern was that it disapears over summer and comes back in winter. And if I've taken it to the only herp vet in town and they say it's fine is it?