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Heater malfunction
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by BushMstr02 on May 24, 2013
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Unfortunately I had a brand new heater malfunction over night two days ago . I'm not sure what the temp got but it was in the 90's when I went into the snake room the next morning and the heater was shut down from overheating . We're still having cooler nights here in SC and I had a snake with a respiratory infection so I had to have the heat up a little . Luckily out of 30 snakes ( some gravid and I have eggs incubating ) it has only killed one snake so far and really messed a few others up . I have a corn snake that seems to have some nerve damage, a broadband and a n. copper head , all have fluid coming from there nostrils in just 1 day . The N copperhead is holding it's head up and throat puffed out and the others are having trouble breathing . I have been doing this for about 25 years and have never dealt with a heater malfunction like this . It's obvious that the snakes have respiratory problems and nerve damage . I usually give antibiotics and do nebulization therapy for respiratory infections . But these were brought on by the heater and not bacterial infections . I need some advice on how to treat these types of respiratory problem and see if anyone else had snakes that survived with this much damage . I started nebulization therapy this morning to ease their breathing . Has anyone ever had this to happen with gravid snakes or with eggs incubating ? Any advice would be helpful and please don't tell me to take them to a vet , nobody around here will take snakes , much less venomous snakes .
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by agkistrodude on May 26, 2013
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That's a bad thing to have happen. Fortunately I've never had to deal with this problem, but I have heard other keepers mention it happening over the years. Not sure on medical advise for this problem, but the first thing I would do, if you haven't already, (besides cooling the room back down) is soak all of them in room temp water for at least an hour each. The high temps would dehydrate them quickly, and by doing that, at least you'll know they are well hydrated. Take care, Marty
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