I had a BP do that when I was a teenager and it died several days later.  In hindsight, I should not have used cedar shavings for substrate.  Keep in mind this was over 20 years ago.

sounds like an RI to me. sometimes snot is the only symptom. I'd get him to a vet asap

Drinking a ton of water and then handling them. :)

What he said

+1 Aaron but it can also be a sign of either an RI (resperatory infection) or a parasite invasion that has been out of control and uncared for. I had a BP who "hurked" and it looked like coloubrid poo when she pooed at the same time. She had a parasite that I was recommended to treat with panacur. I was too late, if you take yours to the vet now, you may not be.

Hi all,

Thanks for everyone's comments. Really appreciate the input when I'm absolutely freaked about my boy. The vet was 99% sure that it was for lack of a better term the equivalent of a cat with a hairball and that he was just trying to clear his system. I am keeping an extra close eye on him but so far he seems to be back to his normal nutty self. Hopefully this was a one off and all will be well. Again, my thanks to all who replied. 

If I were you, it would be better to be safe than sorry. It would be irresponsible not to take the snake to the vet.

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