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Mort13
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 04/10/2011 : 13:22:23
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I have to say I've not heard of snakes with that amount of mucus before! If I was you,I'd still go and see a specialist to be on the safe side.
Disregarding the little punctuation conflict,I would definitely take Mikes advice on getting some pics up etc as he really does know what he's talking about,and has helped many worried owners out. As they say a picture paints a thousand words.
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kdlang
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
3556 Posts |
Posted - 04/10/2011 : 16:52:16
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| You came on here asking for advice and many people have given you the same advice. Put up pics so the experts (and believe me you wont get a much bigger one than mikerichards) can help. And don't bother going to your normal vet, go straight to the reptile specialist and save yourself some time and money. |
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lotabob
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
4334 Posts |
Posted - 04/10/2011 : 20:26:49
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My thinking is if mucus is running out of the mouth its not coming from the lung, It would have drowned long ago if that was the case. I'm thinking some sort of infection of the mouth, an infection of some sort in the salivary gland is possible too, are there any swellings, lumps, bumps, discolourations or obviously missing teeth in the mouth?
Unfortunately this is why a specialist reptile vet is needed as a first port of call as the subtle or not so subtle signs of illness can be missed, the non-specialist may have totally missed checking the mouth to examine the throat, even getting them to open their mouth safely and in a way it is easy to inspect is a delicate and semi-skilled task that takes practice. I live in Northern Ireland, there is 1 specialist in the whole country but thats the only name I have in my phone should it be needed, my dog's vet is a very skilled vet and also someone I know well but he wouldn't even entertain looking at any reptiles because thats not what he specialises in (his words not mine).
As for punctuation, it does make it very hard to read if there is no flow, it makes it much easier if you can just read the post and concentrate on its content rather than having to work out what is been said first. The clearer the post the more replies you will recieve that covers all aspects of your post rather than picking bits out as your eyes have just been assaulted  |
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mikerichards
don't say the 'M' word!
United Kingdom
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Posted - 04/10/2011 : 21:09:28
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Originally posted by lotabob
My thinking is if mucus is running out of the mouth its not coming from the lung, It would have drowned long ago if that was the case. I'm thinking some sort of infection of the mouth, an infection of some sort in the salivary gland is possible too, are there any swellings, lumps, bumps, discolourations or obviously missing teeth in the mouth?
Unfortunately this is why a specialist reptile vet is needed as a first port of call as the subtle or not so subtle signs of illness can be missed, the non-specialist may have totally missed checking the mouth to examine the throat, even getting them to open their mouth safely and in a way it is easy to inspect is a delicate and semi-skilled task that takes practice. I live in Northern Ireland, there is 1 specialist in the whole country but thats the only name I have in my phone should it be needed, my dog's vet is a very skilled vet and also someone I know well but he wouldn't even entertain looking at any reptiles because thats not what he specialises in (his words not mine).
As for punctuation, it does make it very hard to read if there is no flow, it makes it much easier if you can just read the post and concentrate on its content rather than having to work out what is been said first. The clearer the post the more replies you will recieve that covers all aspects of your post rather than picking bits out as your eyes have just been assaulted
Further to what has been said, mucus coming from the throat is not gonna be lung related, its stomach and throat. Its entirely possible that the way you picked him up and at that specific time his stomach was in a position to release whatever fluid it held.
unless its happening on a regular basis, for now, ignore it, one off events are exactly that. The dry skin, thats what you need to address, initial thought is dehydration, but if hes shedding down to a point and no more, then it points to an issue at that point, damaged scales, be it a burn or scale rot, or maybe some other kind of infection, i dont know, It could be either, seeing as you dont have a stat on the mat, and he spends a lot of time in the water.
Either way, when you get the stat, set it up so its about 30 degrees, remove all bedding, use newspaper or kitchen roll as bedding, use a much smaller water bowl so he cant get into it, make sure the humidity stays nice and low, no misting.
Thats all complete speculation, without pics, its useless me saying anything, its pure guess work. |
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any help would be a god send :(
