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Drooling snakes?
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I took out one of my snakes a few minutes ago to handle her. To make a long explaination short, she wound up drooling on me. Ive had a few of my other snakes drool on me before. Is there any explaination to this? Do snakes normally have excess saliva?
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6/6/2010 7:57:24 AM
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Sylvias
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Drooling can often be one of the first signs of an RI and you should keep a close eye on them when this happens. However if it is close to feeding time they may be anticipating a meal and preparing themselves.
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6/6/2010 9:53:22 AM
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Carusima
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What type of snake is it? Drooling is the one of the first signs of an RI, and it is highly contageious. Though it could also be she/he just came out of the water with a mouthful and it's now leaking out, I've had that on more than one occasion with my biggest Ball python and female Carpet Python.
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6/6/2010 10:33:35 AM
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FyreFocks
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Maybe your snake just thinks youre hot.
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Accepted Answer
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6/6/2010 10:48:21 AM
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aSnakeLovinBabe
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Your snake probably just had a drink of water before you picked it up. usually, if they've just taken a drink and you pick them up, they haven't had time to push the water down to their stomach yet and gravity causes some of it to come back out, and it's usually kind of goopy because it's mixed with saliva. This happens to me quite often because the snakes I keep drink a lot of water. If your snakes are not showing any signs of illness I definitely would not jump to the conclusion that it's coming down with an RI.... and I for one, have never ever witness a snake drooling before it knows it's about to eat!
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Author Comment
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6/6/2010 12:29:29 PM
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iashia
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Its my burmese. I took her out and she was moving around, she slid her head through my fingers n didnt like where she was going so she pulled back..when she pulled back, *i dont know how to really explain this* her head 'squished' down between my fingers n then she drooled down my arm. I fed them on the 3rd, so i dont think it was food that caused it, but she was near her water bowl so she could have recently gotten a drink.
My snow corn 'puked' water on me once. he drank way too much n almost all of it came back up on my leg and foot. yum
back when i got her, she was dubed the 'Shit Talkin Burm' by a close friend, because everytime you touch her or get ready to pick her up, shes got somethin to say. she expells air through her nostrils *never actually hisses* but that noise she makes a few times is the closest symptom of RI that i could associate with her. no wheezing, DEFINATLY no loss of appetite. she would eat my cats in addition to her rat if i let her, no open mouth gaping. She has been chillin on the cool side of her cage the last few days.
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6/6/2010 1:33:59 PM
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Jeffriey
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I'd have to agree with what Shannon said and that it's probably from drinking water recently. If it was RI it would have to be one bad case of it to be drooling mucas and saliva. Wait until it gets big and you get drenched by this happening LOL. I'm not sure which end of the snake is worse to get soaken by.
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Assisted Answer
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6/6/2010 8:42:20 PM
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Sylvias
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Being that it's a burmese I would basically assume that ANYTHING not normal is a sign of RI because it is so sickeningly common in them. (note, just because it's not a wheeze doesn't mean it's not RI! RI noises can be anything from a wheeze to a whistle to just a heavy breath)
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6/6/2010 10:06:06 PM
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Jeffriey
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True. Good point to always be aware of with burms
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6/12/2010 7:04:51 PM
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Crazy4Herps
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If you can, hold her head securely and ease back her bottom lip to have a look at her gums. If they're slimy/bubbly/with mucus, it's an RI. If not, it still could be the beggining of an RI, but then again it could juts be some water. Drooling isn't extremely common, but it happens.
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6/26/2010 9:21:46 PM
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caitlync
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My BCC does the wheezing hiss too. I have checked her for RI but never found any other signs (eg. mucus, constant wheezing etc)
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1/25/2011 10:31:28 AM
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abi21491
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