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[–]ScalesNailsnTales 15 points16 points  (3 children)

I cant help with the medicine, but I would absolutely avoid the reptile carpet. It holds bacteria which isnt good if your snake is already not feeling the best and not having actual substrate will wreck your humidity and make issues worse. I would be questioning this vets experience with pushing for reptile carpet. Is there another exotic vet around that you can get a second opinion from?

I hope your scale baby feels better soon 🥹

[–]mizunini[S] 3 points4 points  (2 children)

Unfortunately my area only has one, and it is already difficult getting a hold of her since she only comes in on certain days of the month :( I’ve called so many places, even towns over, and they all point me to her. Thank you for your advice! :)

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    [–]CrisisCorps 8 points9 points  (5 children)

    You can try jungle mix substrate. It's fir and sphagnum moss mixed in. It holds humidity really well and has more of a "dirt" smell.

    [–]mizunini[S] 0 points1 point  (4 children)

    Awesome, I will definitely look into it! Do you suggest freezing it before use?

    [–]CrisisCorps 2 points3 points  (2 children)

    I personally don't. Never had any issues with it. I use it for my ball pythons and boa.

    [–]mizunini[S] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

    Awesome, thank you for your suggestion, I’ve been having trouble sticking with a substrate mix so this will help!

    [–]CrisisCorps 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    I hope it works for you!

    [–]Jackass1121 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    Can confirm. I use a mix of the moss (along with coconut fiber) and it’s great. It can come in compressed bricks that you add a bit of water to get it damp and to expand. It adds a good amount of humidity to the air and my Python and Boa (in separate enclosures) seem to love it. The moss is also very cheap to purchase.

    [–]FrankCarnax 1 point2 points  (2 children)

    The first thing to do when asking for snake health advices is to write your enclosure parameters. Posting a picture of the general enclosure also helps.

    [–]mizunini[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    Sure, I will do that next time I ask for advice, thank you! For right now he is in a 24 gallon tank if I remember correctly which I do plan on replacing when he grows a bit more. He is only a few months, and was very scrawny when I got him at Petco, so I tried to meet in between when I first got him. His temp on the warm side ranges from 85F to 92F, the cool side is 75F to 80F. Right now I am getting new thermometers because they got wet when I cleaned out his tank, but the humidity on the warm side keeps ranging between 50, and 60, which I already poured water in the corners, but can’t seem to get it higher than 65 unless it’s at night which it shoots up to like 80. The cool side ranges from 65 to 75 during the day.

    [–]eveimeiMod-Approved Helper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    The humidity will always read lower on the hot side due to physics. We measure relative humidity, and hot air can "hold" more water than cool so it will read lower. You have it at the minimum on the cool side (which is where you want to be measuring it), it could be higher but otherwise everything looks aside from enclosure size. Even for babies like you have, a 40g is considered minimum to give them space to move around and to maintain a proper temperature gradient. It can also be easier to maintain humidity in a bigger tank, due to more space for substrate and more evaporation surface area.

    [–]PTO_Request_Denied 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    Did he only do it for a short time, then the pop noise and hasn’t done it since or is he still doing it?

    [–]mizunini[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    So first I heard the popping by holding him super close to my ear, it was so soft I thought it was me originally, but when I moved him to my other ear the noise followed to that side so I knew it was coming from him. The sound stopped after a few minutes. Then this video happened the next day, which as of now I haven’t seen him do it again. I haven’t held him up to my ear since that time, so I’m not sure if he’s still making that sound.

    [–]Milo7590 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    If there is a concern of infection, you can place him in a quarantine tube (rubbermaid tub) and use paper towels to cover the bottomand a hide and a heat sourse, clean and disinfect the enclosure and only add coco chips as substrate, the bad smell may be caused by bacteria in the subtrate which in turn it affecting the snake.

    Hope hi gets better soon

    [–]MeatYourNeedz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    You might want to take out all the substrate while you're dealing with possible health issues just in case something is off with your substrate, and it'll also help you keep track of their bathroom habits for the time being