Carpet Python Help!

[brooklynboy521]

My Carpet Python is a 2010 female coastal. She is making a loud weezing sound with every breath. I do not think it is RI because she has no discharge. I even opened her mouth and there was nothing wrong. The humidity is at 65-75 and her temps are fine. Any idea what this might be. I don't want to waste a hundred dollars at the vet if it is no big deal.

I know carpets usually whistle but hers is obsessive.

Please help I don't know if I should bring her to the vet or not.

[marvelfreak]

She most likely just has a piece of dry shed in her nose. This happens quit a bit. You could wait till she sheds and see if she still does it if so then take her to the vet. Does she look like she going in to shed?

[Jay]

A wise Scotsman once told me that Carpet Pythons don't have specific humidity requirements. Maybe you should lower them a tad, whats your temps?...Maybe he will be on shortly to help you:confused:

[Coffee Black]

Mine weezes whenever I pick her up until she calms down. From what I have read this can be fairly common with So stressed/excited juveniles. I'm not dismissing a possible RI, just saying. Does she do this only when handling or at all times? Try to listen for it after leaving her alone for a while.

[brooklynboy521]

The temps are 79-82 on the cool side. 89-92 On the warm side. She just shed last week. This is also only when I take her out, I have not heard it when she is inside. She is not acting sluggish at all and she just ate.

[Jay]

Since she just shed its most likely a piece of shed as Rob mentioned.

[Freebody]

do you use aspen wood shavings? i stopped using it in my cages a while back because a few of my snakes had the same thing with no ri, now with paper towel they are all fine, unless it is some stuck shed or somthing which i have had as well.

[brooklynboy521]

do you use aspen wood shavings? i stopped using it in my cages a while back because a few of my snakes had the same thing with no ri, now with paper towel they are all fine, unless it is some stuck shed or somthing which i have had as well.

She is on coco fiber not aspen...

[Max713]

Your temps are near perfect! Although your humidity is actually on the high side for carpets, if you can believe that. Not saying it will hurt your snake, but in the long run I believe a slightly lower day to day humidity will benefit your carpet, and her enclosure.
Carpets thrive at 50% humidity, just bump up the % during shed periods.

I'm with the others, I don't think it's a RI related problem, especially with the temps you described. Although it's not impossible.

[blindfireak40]

I have no personal experience, but I've read numerous times elsewhere (on this forum and the internet at large) that carpets tend to "Chuff" when stressed/not getting their way...like halfway to a hiss, basically. It sounds like that's what you're describing, especially because you only note the sound when you're handling her; it seems likely that it's simply the natural thing and nothing to worry about. :)

[Max713]

I have no personal experience, but I've read numerous times elsewhere (on this forum and the internet at large) that carpets tend to "Chuff" when stressed/not getting their way...like halfway to a hiss, basically. It sounds like that's what you're describing, especially because you only note the sound when you're handling her; it seems likely that it's simply the natural thing and nothing to worry about. :)

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[Will0W783]

Yes, my carpets are very vocal. I have a large old male who chuffs constantly when out. In my experience, carpets will do this when they are excited, stimulated, curious, stressed, not getting their way...basically any time they are ramped up about something.

A wheeze will sound wet when the snake makes the noise, and poppy. It will sound very much like a human wheeze...if this is what you are hearing, and it is definitely wet-sounding, then first you can bump up your temps a bit. Try keeping her at 93-95 hot end and 85 cool end for a week and see if that helps. Higher temps and humidity tend to stimulate the immune system of a snake.
If the sound is more of a tiny hiss, don't worry- it's just your carpet "talking".

[brooklynboy521]

Thanks for all the help guys. I believe it is what blindfreak40 said and just a "chuff". It is only when she is being handled so she is probably just stressed. I have lowered her humidity by the way, now it sits at 50-60.

[shaunyboy]

i have seen nervous carpets whistle a bit when excited

if you look at the lung area of the body it will be going in and out very fast,like a panic attack.this imo is the best indication that its just the carpet chuff as you called it mate

if it started after it shed,it could well be a piece of shed retained or stuck up a nostril

the best way to deal with that is a warm bath,submerge the head under the water for 10 to 30 seconds at a time.

you may need to submerge for longer...

i have submerged carpets for longer,to the point the carpet will expell some of its air through the nostril (for nostrils that were blocked with gunk due to infection)

carpets can hold their breath for a long time but will eventually blow some air bubbles out

i used to cover the unblocked nostril to encourage the carpet the expell air from the semi blocked nostril

after i got 2 to 5 seconds of air bubbles i let the carpet up out from under the water to breath for a few seconds then repeated the method again

i would repeat only 3 or 4 times per session bathing once or twice per day

cheers shaun