up till now she has been very healthy. she feeds regularly. and we take her out EVERY day. for at least a few hours. i am very scared.
2007-01-26 00:26:42 · 7 answers · asked by princesspeach1369 1 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
I don't want to freak you out, but the same thing happened to my Columbian Red Tailed Boa. She ended up having an upper respiratory infection. I hope this is not the case with your snake. You should probably take it to an exotic pet veternarian, just to see what this could be.
2007-01-26 02:24:18 · answer #1 · answered by Sammi Silver 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes ball pythons bellies turn pink when they are getting ready to shed. That's normal.
As for the drooling, that doesn't sound normal, but you'd need to be more specific. Is it thin and runny or does it look mucousy? If you handle a snake shortly after it drinks water, it will regurgitate the water, making it appear to be drooling for a minute or so. I've had that happen with my snakes before and that's nothing to worry about. If it persists though, I'd see a vet, and at the very least, raise the temperature in the cage to around 90 degrees. Drainage from the mouth can be a sign of a cold, which can become a respiratory infection. The raised temperature will help the snake's immune system if that's the case. If any kind of drainage persists for more than a day or so, you'll need to get it to a vet and get it on some antibiotics. Respiratory infections can spell disaster if they are not caught early.
2007-01-26 02:45:20 · answer #2 · answered by stickboy_127 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When you say drooling, is she breathing through her mouth? Is it bubbling? If so, this is a definite sign of an upper respiratory infection in pythons, I had this happen once to my childrens pythons, and by the time I saw it, 2 hours later it was dead. You need to get this animal to a vet ASAP if you want to save it. This is usually caused by temps being too low in the enclosure, during brumation. I haven't had any experience with the pink belly. Good luck, I hope she is okay.
2007-01-26 02:37:05 · answer #3 · answered by malice6372 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i have a red tail boa shes 6'3". she got sick when her heat rock stop working last winter but i didnt know it had stopped working until early spring. now shes doing well. i had also a 4' ball python a few years ago. she never drooled though her belly had gotten a pink tinge to it. i took her to the vet , where she gave the snake an antibiotic,the snake still ended up dying. you can open the snakes mouth it should be a healthy pink if its not she probally sick i hope this helps
2007-01-26 01:48:06 · answer #4 · answered by carl d 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Join this forum. It has lots of snake specialists, on a nice website. You might also be able to upload a pic of your snake, also to them.
I don't know of any snake vets, you might try in yellow pages.com in Arizona, or New Mexico.
If you've got a webcam, you might be able to set up some kind of deal where you webcam the snake, and send the video to a doc, or something.
Good luck.
Googling Python was useless for this, turned up too many hits for Monty python, or python programming language.
Here's the snake forum. I'd think post in there.
http://animal-world.com/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=20&sid=4f3c89f67af447e133d803a41d59a55f
2007-01-26 01:15:35 · answer #5 · answered by A Military Veteran 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Drooling - upper respiratory infection or "mouth rot"
Pink under belly - sepsis (infection spreading though bllod stream)
Need to take it to the vet immediately. Needs antibiotics
2007-01-26 03:37:27 · answer #6 · answered by Brandon B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
she has a respitory infection, you need a vet fast she will die from it. bradon where is your vet clinic located i could use a repitle vet do you work with venomous ?
2007-01-27 17:15:01 · answer #7 · answered by joeparker67 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋