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Cookie
Yearling
United Kingdom
205 Posts |
 Posted - 22/06/2013 : 12:20:51
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Hi,
I was wondering if I could get some advice. My boa, BCI, is wheezing a bit, only when he's wrapped around me though. When he's on the ground for example I don't hear anything. There's no bubbles and he's not gaping or anything. I'm waiting to speak to a Vet this Monday but wanted some advice in the meantime. Other than the wheezing when holding him, he seems perfectly healthy, eating fine etc.
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1.2.0 Royal Pythons (Sebastian, Romeo & Gypsy)
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Kelfezond
The bearded one
United Kingdom
4803 Posts |
Posted - 22/06/2013 : 12:26:10
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Is the boa big?
Large snakes have a tendency to have very loud breathing when they're being forced to move around, it's all to do with the shape of their windpipe being a solid circle as opposed to ours which can bend and flex, theirs acts as a wind tunnel magnifying the sound.
It can often be mistaken for an RI (I once took my girl to the vets for the same reason!) |
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richard v
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
563 Posts |
Posted - 22/06/2013 : 21:02:21
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| Same as kelf, my boa does the same her sighing blowes stuff round my kitchen. She has made this sighing sound since I have had her from around 5ft |
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Baobab
Fully Grown Royal
United Kingdom
1393 Posts |
Posted - 23/06/2013 : 15:32:05
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| +1 on richard and kelf. I took our Winny to the vets when we first got her because of the noise they make breathing, especially when they are exerting themselves ie when your stopping them going where they want to go. |
Royal 8.0 - Piebald (Dipstick), Calico (Flake), Pinstripe (Copper), Kingpin het Hypo (Gabriel), Soulsucker (Morgoth), Clown (Ziggy), Phantom (Spook), Enchi( Stenchi) .................Royal 0.12 - Pastel (Elanor), Spider (Willow), Normal het pied (Loki),, Pastel Sterling Orange Hypo (Misty), Normal (WC parents) (Cinders), Pewter (Tinuviel), Yellowbelly (Kaiko), Mojave (Milly), Champagne (Bubbles), Fire (Flame), Karma paradox (Smudge), Amoretti (Rita).Boa's 2.2.1- Eowyn (common), Snuggles (BCC), Bonnie (BCC), Bear (BCL) & Baileys (Kahl strain)..........Western Hognose 0.0.2 - Timmy & Henry.
Coastal*diamond carpet python 0.0.1- Pippin.........Brazilian Rainbow Boa 0.0.1 - Badger..........Granite Burmese 0.1 - Sally
Reticulated python 2.2 - Saru (purple albino), Cheesy (Sunfire albino white), Titan (Platinum Titanium) & Gala (Sunfiretiger het albino)......Rat snake 1.0 Remmy.
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Cookie
Yearling
United Kingdom
205 Posts |
Posted - 25/06/2013 : 13:08:17
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| Thanks guys! I've had a conversation with a Vet here and they said they don't think there is anything to worry about as there's no bubbles etc. Thank god for that! If there was a problem I'd have a 2.5 hour drive to get to to the vets! |
1.2.0 Royal Pythons (Sebastian, Romeo & Gypsy)
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Boa with possible RI
