I've noticed that my male spotted python puffs his throat in the week before shedding and another of my spotteds puffs her throat when i'm holding her and she suddently get spooked by something. However everytime they puff I get scared that it's a sign of RI but it goes away after they shed or after the girl has calmed down. Does anyone else have pythons that puff their throat without it being RI so I can settle my nerves that everytime they puff it's not a sign of RI.
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mysnakesau
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Puffy throats are quite common when they are coming into shed. I noticed my male carpet does it, and I use to have a little spotty who also did it. Puff out like a frog. Provided it stops, nothing to worry about. I don't know why they do it, though. Maybe its a way to stretch the skin to make it break, or they can feel the looseness feeling there and its uncomfortable. Dunno, I am just guessing.
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Ive noticed the same thing. My male mac does it when due for a shed. I also got quite worried and went to a vet just to be sure ad was told to keep an eye on it as they can be funny during shed, and after the shed it went. Happens frequently when due for a shed though
hevonline
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Sadley, if you have alook at my Daisy, she was hit hard across the head and throat, and now check out the puffy throat.Id like to know how it ties in with an injury or not.Don twan to alarm you, but I was told it may be from neurological probs and that was before the accident.
Hope this helps Heather
Hi, My diamond python was doingthat when i put her in the bath, i ask everybody and no-one else seem to know
Sadley, if you have alook at my Daisy, she was hit hard across the head and throat, and now check out the puffy throat.Id like to know how it ties in with an injury or not.Don twan to alarm you, but I was told it may be from neurological probs and that was before the accident.
Hope this helps Heather
hevonline
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However, if you look in the picture after herb head was hit, its more on one side of her throat that she puffy.
Would love to know the correlations in this.
Heather
Hi, Ive been asking for months what a puffy throat could be from , noone seem to hav eever semm it before,so im glad to here this is normal for other pythons too.
However, if you look in the picture after herb head was hit, its more on one side of her throat that she puffy.
Would love to know the correlations in this.
Heather
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