Wheezing....maybe

[kueluck]

I noticed this yesterday that when she is excited and is breathing hard, she makes a little noise. I don't know if you would call it a wheeze or not. I changed from carefresh regular, to ultra carefresh which seems a little more dusty. No discharge, no change in anything, just when breathing hard makes a little noise. Should I change back to the regular carefresh and see what happens?

[snake man]

Why not give it a try

[guidofatherof5]

Agreed. I think the evidence leads you to that change. At minimum to rule it out as a cause.

[thamneil]

I'm not too fond of carefresh ultra. Go ahead and see if the wheezing stops.

[kibakiba]

I'd try paper towels, just to make sure.

[kueluck]

CIMG0038.jpgIt's been several days since I've pulled the carefresh out of Zena's tank and the wheezie thing is not as loud as it was, but still there when she gets a little excited. I changed her tank to reptile carpet and she is much more active now. Not sure it's because she likes it, or trying to find the carefresh. I cut the carpet into equal parts, so when she "messes" on it, I can pull out that section, clean the glass then just replace it with a clean one. I'm going to try to sift out the dust on the carefresh and see if I can once again put this in her tank. She just seems to enjoy the burrowing.

[kueluck]

The wheezing is just about gone since I've got Zena on the reptile carpet, but she sure does miss the burrowing. Does anyone know of a substrate that is good to burrow in but is dust free? I might try to rinse the carefresh and see what happens.

[Invisible Snake]

I use carefresh ultra and only find a little bit of dust at the very bottom of the bag. I buy the 50L bag and grab chunks out when I put it into my snakes enclosure as oppose to tilting the bag and pouring it in. Glad to her Zena is doing better.

[kueluck]

I tried the ultra and found it more dusty than the regular.