Funny Breathing Sounds?

[hayleyandbella]

My little ( 1year and 3 months) diamond/carpet girl was burnt 2 weeks ago after she decided to squeeze into the cage that protects her from the light. She has been to the vet and has had four antibiotic injections but ever since she got burnt and when I got her out to put special cream on her every now and then she produced whistle sound I thought she was hissing because she was in pain but just today i got her out now its a crackling sound every 2-5 seconds but no discharge from her nose.( I tried listening to her lungs with my stethoscope but its coming from her head area) I don't think it was an RI because of the antibiotics. She refuses to eat its been over 3 weeks (usually on adult mice but we got told to half the size because of the burns) and she lost a lot of weight. I am worried, I think i might take her to a specialised vet, anybody know any around Bathurst or bankstown sydeny area? any suggestions what it could be ?

 

[Coppersimon]

Back to the vet sounds like a RI to me.

 

[Serpentess]

Just want to say that I doubt she's lost a lot of weight in 2-3 weeks, carpets can go for months without food and hardly lose condition throughout that time.

As for the noise it could be related to her recent burn, snakes will often bring on a shed cycle sooner than usual when injured to help themselves heal faster, therefore the noise you are hearing could be the sound of loose scales around the nose. If she has no other signs of coming into a shed cycle though, it could very well be RI.

Keep an eye on her tongue when she flicks it, snakes with RI usually have mucus that will hold the forked tip together. Other RI signs include swelling in the neck, occasional bubbles from the nose, and they will also rub their face on anything they can to try and 'wipe' the mucus from their nose. Often they will not thermo-regulate themselves properly either (staying down the cold end for days on end).