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curiouslyfacinated
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Posted - 20/03/2012 :  18:41:47  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
i have noticed loki kind of whisles sometimes. it is not a hiss definitely a whistle through his nose. is this normal or could he have a respiritory infection?

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Kelfezond
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Posted - 20/03/2012 :  19:14:01  Show Profile  Visit Kelfezond's Homepage  Click to see Kelfezond's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
Could be a sign of respiratory infection but if he's showing no other signs I wouldn't worry too much some of mine have done it from time to time and it seems to come and go

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Evolution Morphs
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Posted - 20/03/2012 :  19:22:22  Show Profile  Visit Evolution Morphs's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Did he shed recently ?
May just been some shed around his nose


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curiouslyfacinated
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Posted - 20/03/2012 :  19:25:17  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
thanks
he doesnt do it all the time only a couple of times in the 20 minutes i was holding him tonight really and that is sort of normal for most trips out for handling. he seems fine in himself even though he has stopped eating refusing the last 2 feeds. i put that down to time of the year though and not worried about it too much.

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curiouslyfacinated
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Posted - 20/03/2012 :  19:27:25  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
no not shed recently. last shed was end of january

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Lotabob
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Posted - 20/03/2012 :  19:29:34  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
If I were you I'd be extra vigilant with the whistling and not eating. it might be worth having a quick look inside the mouth. Good look getting it open lol.


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curiouslyfacinated
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Posted - 20/03/2012 :  19:32:04  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
how do i look in his mouth???
and what am i looking for once i get it open???

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Kelfezond
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Posted - 20/03/2012 :  19:37:37  Show Profile  Visit Kelfezond's Homepage  Click to see Kelfezond's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
Easy enough to open I generally use a ccotten wool thing (the plastic with the budded ends cut off) and hold his jaw with my index finger and thumb then let him bite the plastic, opens wide and funnily enough they don't seem bitey when you take the plastic out lol.
as for what you're looking for I have no idea i've only done it to give medicine.

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curiouslyfacinated
Yearling

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Posted - 20/03/2012 :  19:44:22  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
ok thanks for that lol
think i am going to call the vet tomorrow and see what he says. i would rather take a trip to the vets and be told nothing's wrong than leave it and it gets worse.

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Lotabob
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Posted - 20/03/2012 :  23:36:13  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Its hard to describe the technique in words, I was shown the technique but this video is pretty much exactly what to do just dont expect the snake body to comply as much as it did in this video, the music is bloody annoying but the technique is right.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ1C-TKIfvc


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Posted - 20/03/2012 :  23:53:50  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I'd add - until I saw the inside of a snake's mouth, I didn't realise that a snake's windpipe is in the place we'd call the 'root of the tongue' ie towards the front of the lower jaw, and not, as in a human, at the back of the mouth together with the oesophagus.

Very informative vid though Bob.

All the best, Curiously - hope he goes on ok. A couple of times noticed a royal 'whiffling' and put it down to stuck shed in the nasal passages - once had to help to pull some out - huge plugs of skin! (They have been fine.)

But yes, if in doubt, vet is best and hope everything's fine!


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Lotabob
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Posted - 21/03/2012 :  12:36:56  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I've noticed that the size of the windpipe/glottis compared to the tiny tiny nostrils that there is likely to be an element of pressure built up at that point and that in itself in theory can lead to noise and this is audible in larger snakes. I know that during normal respiration the glottis is plugged into the roof of the mouth and then the nostrils come into play, they dont have an independent way of breathing through the nostrils as we do. All very technical for something as simple as breathing.

Snake anatomy fascinates me.


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