Tommy T.Radix (update thread)

[guidofatherof5]

He's in good hands now. Keep us posted.

[snipstedy]

What marks a respiratory infection? and what do you do about it?

Thanks in advance.

Nice looking snakes btw.

[Dan72]

Tommy what was your pairing to the albino female that you got the snows?

[EasternGirl]

Usually with a respiratory infection, you see mouth breathing, sometimes you see some foaming around the mouth area. If you can get the snake to open his/her mouth...you will definitely see foam at the back of the throat. You can often hear a wheeze or clicking sound when the snake breathes. My dearly departed Cee Cee, had chronic respiratory infections. With her, I had to be very careful about the kind of substrate I used...anything that produced an odor or too much dust would exacerbate her symptoms. When she became acutely ill, I would increase the heat and humidity in her enclosure and the vet would prescribe antibiotics. At one point, I had to give her a course of antibiotic injections. She did not pass from a RI, btw. She just passed from old age.

[Tommytradix]

humidity is bad for ri i decreased the humidity set him inside a small tub with air holes inside a larger tub thats air tight boiled a cup of of water added eculyptis and vicks vapor rub and set it in the tub for 5 minutes checked on him let air in and left for another 5 minutes after just that treatment he made a full recovery in 24hrs this is the home remedy i use for all snakes it works and its cost effective

[Tommytradix]

orange albino het snow x orange albino het snow aka (T- christmas albino)

[Tommytradix]

***update***


my biggest gravid female radix has been refusing food for 2 weeks and has been pacing the tank like a wild woman she may be getting ready to drop hoping to wake up to a litter of 50+ (fingers crossed)

[guidofatherof5]

Sounds like she's close.

[snakegirl909]

Exciting!! If you are selling them, I'd be interested In a pair!! Can't wait to see pics when they are born.

[Tommytradix]

***update!!***

shes having the babies!!! 20 babies so far 1 still 6 albino and 13 normals and shes not even half way done you cant even tell she dropped any