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Respiratory Infection- How Long To Wait?

VickyChaiTea

VickyChaiTea

Snake enthusiast
So... I'm pretty upset about this. I pulled out my amel Charlie to feed him and he made a high pitched wheeze. I froze. I thought to myself, ok, could be a fluke. Just keep an eye on him. Queue him wheezing every time he breaths in or out. And doing a half hearted sneeze. It sounds like a mucousy wheeze. He has NEVER had any health problems what so ever. Never a bad shed, only refuses food when in blue, never lost weight, etc. He is 4 years old, and I don't have a current weight of him but he is just over 4' (measured him with this snake measuring program thing). His weight is good, in fact, here is a recent picture of him.


Here is a recent record of his feeding.
02/23 Shed
02/20 Refused Food, changed water
02/18 Turned Opaque
02/07 Spot cleaned cage, cleaned water
02/01 Changed Water, spot cleaned cage, Fed one F/T Mouse "Jumbo Adult"

So... I am 90% positive he has a respiratory infection (though god only knows HOW he got one) but the other 10% of me does not know. So how long should I wait to see if it's a false alarm, or should I not hesitate and just take him to a vet straight away?

I only ask because this month was supposed to be a light spending month and I'd really rather not spend money on vet bills... but that's most likely just wishful thinking. :(
 

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HOLY MACRONI um... I am so sorry for that huge picture. Can a mod maybe take the picture out? Or something? ;____;
 
If he shed the end of February, it can't be that, so- I'd take him to the vet ASAP, too, and I'd increase his heat up to maybe 88F in his warm side.
 
So, an update. I took him to the vet, and I was pleasantly surprised that she had a another (vet, I think?) and a soon-to-be-vet there watching and learning. She explained the whole physical to them, and I even got to see his heart beating! I have had these guys for this long and I never knew you could actually SEE their heart beat. ANYWAY she was very nice and thorough. She sent me home with ceftazidime in syringes. He got his second shot today. :( My poor baby. But he should be fine.

And... can a mod maybe remove the image of him up there? I had no idea it was gonna be so huge and in the way. D:
 
Glad to hear he's on the road to recovery! You know what's really fun- get a stethoscope and listen to his heart!
 
*bows* thank you Nanci (I assume it was you) for shrinking my mistake. Also, that sounds like fun, I think we have one of those lying around the house some where.
 
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