Urgent help needed

[reptilemanor]

My female carpet python has rough scales, and one side of her jaw is drooping, she is also making some gurgly sounds occasionaly.
Can anyone help.
I know you will say take her to a reptile vet and I plan on doing that, I'm just hoping someone can shed some light on the problem til I can get her there and offer any advice on what I can do in the mean time.
I am going to quarentine her from the rest of my collection and put her in a hot box type enclosure to keep an eye on her.
She is a bit fiesty usually, but Ilove her as much as any of my snakes and don't want anything to happen to her.
Thanks

 

[garycahill]

Turn her temp up!
What temp do you currently have her on?

 

[kupper]

Sounds like ri take her to the vet asap

 

[reptilemanor]

Temp has beendown to 25 over winter, have just started turning up again, is up to 27, I usually have the hot end at around 32. I'm keeping her at 30 in the hotbox now.
As I said I plan on taking her to a vet, but can't do that til tomorrow, I'm worried cause she suddenly presented like this today out of the blue and I don't want her to die overnight if there is something I can do about it.
Whats ri?

 

[garycahill]

Turn her up to 32, her PBT. This should at least get her metabolism up & going, might give her a fighting chance. If you want any hope, get her to a herp vet first thing in the morning

 

[wranga]

maybe RI respiratory infection. see a vet a.s.a.p

 

[slither]

sounds like a severe respatory infection mate if thats the case she needs to get to a vet asap in the mean time crank her temps allthough what u have said with ure temps that should be fine ri is respatory infection wich is cause by temperature dropping suddenly or not providing enough heat

 

[reptilemanor]

thanks everyone.

 

[reptilemanor]

Thanks to everyone who replied last night.
I took her to the reptile vet this morning and it turns out she has RI. She is staying in for a few days of r&r. In the mean time I am going to build her a new enclosure to make sure she has the best environment possible.
Of 15 snakes, she is the first one to get sick. A bit of a heart stopper.
I have now named her 'Weazle' I thought it might be a bad omen to send her to the vets without a name, and she is the only one who I couldn't find a good name for. Thanks again everyone.

 

[wranga]

glad shes on the mend

 

[kupper]

good to see some fo the newbies take advice well

well done bud

 

[reptilemanor]

I forgot to post a reply earlier, the vet called me the day after telling me she had ri etc., and told me they had been reading the wrong card, she actually has a broken jaw!!!! I don't know how it happened, but they said luckily she is so healthy she can go a few months without food. ( I mean healthy, not overweight)

 

[tenacres1100]

that's bad luck, I hope it gets better soon. Do they do anything for it or let it mend on it's own

 

[Noongato]

God vets can be useless sometimes.
If broken jaw was a critical condition the snake wouldve died.