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Female red tail, Treated for upper respitory, has regurged 2nd meal. has diahrreah now, whats wrong help!

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mark_roxy

My female red tail approximatly 3 yrs old was recently treated for an upper respitory, after regurging her meal. (vet perscribed meds) treated her for the upper respitory, waited two weeks to three wks fed her again, noticed that she had what looks like smelly diahrreah, and then regurged her meal. Noticed foam at mouth again... Do you think she is still with upper respitory or what is going on? She is showing signs of wanting to breed also....Please advise.


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11/14/2008 11:36:45 PM

aaron

Can you feel it in her lungs when you hold her?

I've had numerous RI's in Chondros, they have never resulted in a regurge.

How long have you had the animal? Regurge, and subsequent regurge can be a pletora of things... inline with the messy defs... Did have one chondro that went thru this, three regurges, lost weight, awful defs, tube fed her for a few months, she ultimately died...

Sounds like more than just an RI. RI is secondary.

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11/15/2008 2:09:10 AM

amarilrose

Because you mentioned "she is showing signs of wanting to breed," I have to ask, is she exposed to any other animals? If so, please get her into a separate enclosure! It would be best for her and any other animals if you could fully quarantine her until well after recovery.

Primarily, you don't want her to infect any healthy animals. Secondarily, while she is sick, you don't want her to be able to breed and place further stress on her body -- and reproduction is HUGE health stress! She has plenty already stressing her health!!

I agree with Aaron that the RI was probably a secondary infection to the gastrointestinal symptoms you are seeing. I don't personally have any experience with the BCC red tail boas, but I have read plenty of remarks that they seem to encounter a lot of problems with regurgitation that can be life-threatening! Consult your vet again as soon as possible, but ALSO look up some information about red tails and regurgitation problems. Mention all of these symptoms to the vet, and also the idea that the RI was a secondary infection. Vets don't know everything (and shouldn't be expected to). However, they do know a lot, and giving as much information as you can can only help the vet to actually solve the problem.

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11/15/2008 3:18:01 AM

Katie M

Smelly, loose stools could be an indication of parasite infections - you need to go back to the vet

Accepted Answer

11/15/2008 8:24:50 AM

Robin Saunders

Hi Mark- There can be lots of reasons for regurging and many can be contagious, so no matter what, until you rule out disease quarentine her. (work her last, she needs her own set of tools, move her away from others and do not move her to new caging) Do not feed her right away, have the fecal tested for paracites, crypto and yeast infection. Make sure she stays hydrated and maybe give her some unflavored pedilyte. Some folks use nutra-bac (probiotic) which research shows will minimize shedding of samonella and may help.

Double check all your hubandry perameters (temp. humidity ect.) to make sure that she has what she needs.

Did the vet culture the mucus in the trach or mouth? It is important to know what organism is causing the problem and what drug it is sensitive to. Durning any course of antibiotics it is important to keep the animal hydrated and remember antibiotics kill the good bac. in the gut as well as bad bac. After a regurge, I wait 4-6 weeks before feeding and feed a very,very small meal then if they keep that down I slowly work my way back up to normal size meals.

Make her another vet appt. Good luck

Member Comment

11/16/2008 11:09:10 AM

Kaiyudsai

I'm with robin.... also investigate your feeder source...If you are feeding F/t, it could have been a spoiled rat.... I've gotten them from rodent pro before

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11/18/2008 11:12:55 PM

noahsboasandreptiles

I am with most of the replies on taking it back to the vet, and having a fecal sample tested. Since you mentioned foam on the mouth, I would have the vet check for mouthrot.

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9/28/2010 6:37:33 PM

dalvers63

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