New Burm buuuut possible RI

[lawrence88]

hey guys i just got a new burm the other day her owner could not take care of her anymore so i figured id help out... she is a little over nine feet.. now she breaths very heavy... i have never had a snake of this size... is it her just breathing or could it be a respitory infection?? she sounds like she is hissing all the time with kinda like a weeze.. what should i do?help,.... anyways here some pictures

[spike06]

most likely a respiratory infection. bump up the temps and humidity just a bit

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[lawrence88]

simple as that?

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[Sakara]

you don't bump the humidity up if they have a RI....

Burms do breath heavy... Mine sounds like she's hissing all the time... You will hear cracking, popping and see snot if she has a RI... Open her mouth, WITH HELP!, and see if she has excess saliva... if not, I wouldn't worry about it... Like I said... My burm always sounds like she's hissing Burms are mouthy... Is this your first?

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[lawrence88]

Originally Posted by Sakara

you don't bump the humidity up if they have a RI....

Burms do breath heavy... Mine sounds like she's hissing all the time... You will hear cracking, popping and see snot if she has a RI... Open her mouth, WITH HELP!, and see if she has excess saliva... if not, I wouldn't worry about it... Like I said... My burm always sounds like she's hissing Burms are mouthy... Is this your first?

yes first monster i lover her she is soo powerful. and she is very heavy as well i'd say 45 to 50 pounds just to estimate. im hoping this is just how she is. and no popping cracking and no bubbles of snot. just a loud breathing it was nerve racking at first because i though she was hissing but i believe that she is just breathing harder when im about to pick her up and handle her is all..

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[Sakara]

congrats on your first giant! Just make sure you always have someone there to help they are strong buggers! I have a 10ft female that's about 60lbs and she's a BIG girl! She loves her big f/t rabbits, haha... 5lbs each meal And yea, if it sounds like she's hissing when she's cruising around, I would be willing to bet it's just her "talking"...

Where in Texas are you?

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[BlackLava]

nice burm, she def looks well fed LOL. and congrats on your first giant

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[Sakara]

btw, if she isn't already, get that girl on rabbits! it will help keep her at a good healthy weight and not get fat. fat burms are ugly lol. my girl only eats rabbit and she's perfect. all muscle. every once in a while I'll spoil her and she will get a rat if someone else doesn't eat it, but her normal meals right now are about 5lbs of rabbit

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[lawrence88]

Once every other week right

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[Sakara]

I feed mine about every 2 weeks. whenever she looks like she wants to kill me

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[Maligator]

Pretty girl! Congrats on getting your burm! Seems like she's found a very caring human!

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[morti]

Burms are big snakes and they breath loud... but they are also prone to RI. Keep your eye out for any other RI symptoms.

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[lawrence88]

Lol she is like the dork who sat behind me in math who breathed like a dragon on my neck lol

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[lawrence88]

well i have bad news.... i just went in to pull cloie out of her cage and she did her whole breathing thing but this time she had a huge snot bubble come out of her nose and is like moaning i guess now.. extremly loud... im sure its a RI.... what do i do now?

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[DannyBoy]

Vet visit and an increase of temps would be a good place to start.

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[lawrence88]

well i got her a vet visit and i cant really up her temps.... the tank was built and heat lamp is placed so the tank remains at 90-94

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[DannyBoy]

Originally Posted by lawrence88

well i got her a vet visit and i cant really up her temps.... the tank was built and heat lamp is placed so the tank remains at 90-94

Does the whole cage have ambient temps of 90-94?

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[lawrence88]

no no just hot side.

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[DannyBoy]

Originally Posted by lawrence88

no no just hot side.

Ok, I was worried for a minute. LOL. Well, others may be able to add more advice, at this point you just wait for the vet.

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[lawrence88]

lol dont worry about me sir i dont feed live.... LOL! ahhaha and yea i got your an apointment for tommorrow... now what am i going to bring a 9.5 foot snake into the vet with???? lol im sure ill find something

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