New grey rat snake - questions....

Posted by Raven01 on September 14, 2002 at 14:39:39:

Just picked a new grey rat up today @ MARS. He looks pretty good over all. When I was handling him on the way home, he was blowing a bit because I wouldn't let him roam the truck and I noticed the edge of his mouth seemed wet when he partly opened it. I gently opened his mouth fully and saw that there was what looked like either thick saliva or thin mucous. He doesn't appear to have an RI (no gaping, popping or raspy breathing) but I was wondering if that might be early signs of an RI or if rat snakes just normally have some mucous/saliva. BTW, I'm not new to snakes - I've kept boas and pythons for 10+ years - but with them, if they have a wet mouth, it means an RI or early stages.

Thanks in advance for any input.

Raven

Follow Ups:

• New grey rat snake seemed fine yesterday (more) Raven01 09/16/02 (9)
  • Re: New grey rat snake seemed fine yesterday (more) hotshot 09/16/02 (8)
    • Re: Feeding schedule & size Raven01 09/16/02 (7)
      • Re: Feeding schedule & size patricia sherman 09/17/02 (4)
        • Re: Feeding schedule & size Raven01 09/17/02 (2)
          • Re: Feeding schedule & size patricia sherman 09/18/02 (1)
            • Thanks for the additional info! :) Raven01 09/19/02 (0)
        • That should read 84.25, not 18.25!!!, inches ... duh! patricia sherman 09/17/02 (0)
      • And the Colubrid bug has bitten!! LOL N/P hotshot 09/16/02 (1)
        • LOL Yep, got the colubrid bug now too. :) np Raven01 09/17/02 (0)

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