Snake Goes to Vet for Odd Symptom 

Better safe than sorry. Once my boa had VERY obvious RI symptoms out of nowhere like wheezing, clicking, and excess saliva. I booked a vet appointment for the next day and somehow a lot of his symptoms vanished before then. I still took him in and the vet told me it was just inflammation caused by substrate getting stuck in his mouth during feeding. No one even told me that was a thing

I’m glad she’s okay! Always a good idea to take her to the vet.

I can’t believe Penelope lost four skins this summer, my gran-papi always used to dip us in tomato sauce if we shed too much… or maybe that was for getting skunk spray, either way reptiles usually do better with skin on. Now go outside and run.

Easy to forget that house snakes are a cooler species sometimes. Good call on taking her for a checkup. I havent had the need yet to luckily :). Congrats on 50K friend!💚

Heat was the last thing that came to mind, cuz it can happen but it's pretty rare. Go figure the African snake wants it cooler lol. But my Ball Pythons basically never leave the cool side too, upper 70s, while my boas like more varied stuff (other than my Sonorans, who like it even cooler) Glad you got it figured out! I try to keep my room cooler and just add more heat if needed - easier to heat things up than cool it off ya know? Edit: ok this is long but I gotta say, you are definitely the big up and coming reptile YTer dude. You could easily do 10x your sub count, you're funny, non-judgemental, but take great care of your animals, have a great variety etc. Really inspires me, glad to have your content!

was this an overreaction on my part, or a better safe than sorry? And would the breeders comments made you react the same way? is a hotdog a sandwich? join the discord: discord.gg/PAW7BYraCr

Look at you Alex, 50k already?! I remember your community post around 1k only a few weeks ago. I'm so glad I found your channel early, can tell how much you care about your lil critters and Penelope the nope rope. I keep exotics, I know the vet isn't cheap but it's what makes a good owner stand out. Can't wait to see how big you and Penelope get🥰

hope penelope feels better now !! vets are the experts so it’s always good to get a second opinion

I have a Colombian red tail. I keep Sophie at 75 on her warm side, and 65 on her cool side. CRTB's are perfectly fine with 75 - 80 degrees. They don't need to be any warmer than that. The most important thing is to make sure the temperature stays consistent, because fluctuation is what causes respiratory infections. A bioactive enclosure should not irritate a snake of any species. Things that cause irritation are substrates that are rough (such as reptibark), improper temperature ranges, and improper or unstable humidity. Lack of humidity is bad, but what's worse is being too humid. Snakes can become agitated when they are too wet, and boas get especially upset when they can't get away from excess water or dry off (this is true for all boidae species, but boinae species are even more particular about not being wet when they don't want to be). There are times when Sophie has spilled her water from her bowl, and she's shoved herself up against the glass doors and borderline flies out the tank when we let her out to clean up her mess.

Thank you for taking her in to the Vet. It shows you love her n you may have saved her life. Now she is a happy girl !!!

- All that energy, time && money to find out "she is too warm" .. 🙄🙄🙄

this channel is super under appreciated ❤❤❤ you're making amazing videos

It is always good to go to a vet and get a checkup and get established with one anyways, no matter the pet. That way if there is an emergency or the animal is ill they have charts to look back on and it's easier to get in for an emergency.

You have me cracking up every time. The jokes are not going unappreciated 😘

- Wow, *now* you have 802k subscribers in *one year* ! Teach me how you did it !!!

Yes!! The plastic holds heat in. A Glass enclosure would be better. And away from sunny windows.

The mental image of a slightly concerned-looking bright orange snake lying in a tiny little bed under the covers with a mug of cocoa on the nightstand has now filled me with happy.

Aww poor girl! I hate being too hot. It’s so hard to know when animals can’t speak to you and tell you though. Maybe you can get her one of those iPad or button systems that cats, dogs, and parrots can learn to speak with 😅

I really appreciate that you experimented with her setup, are you gonna try it again now that you have her temp figured? Glad she's okay, she's such a pretty and adorable little snake friend!❤

Good she wasn’t sick. 　house snakes like it pretty cool lol

That was very informative and Interesting ^^

Enjoyed this, thx

Dunno about that Mario Bros’ incest fan art, man …

I see, temp. How did you miss that?! Lol No shade

Feel better soon Penelope ❤️ . . I wonder who let those dogs out? 🤔

Wow so cool to see from October 2022 to December 31/2023 your channel grew from 46325 subscribers to 549k 😳😱🤯 So cool 🎉🍾🎉🎉🥳

How much did you pay for the appointment?

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New shelf?

I see, temp. How did you miss that?! Lol No shade