Signs Your Corn Snake is Sick

Video Transcript

"Hi I’m Debbie McCanna with Expert Village.com and in this clip we have been talking about the care and maintenance of a corn snake. Specifically today we will be focusing on signs of illness or distress in your snake. As mentioned before, a healthy snake should have clear eyes except when preparing to shed. Should be free of discharge from the nose and mouth. Have quiet breathing. Be active and alert and have a full and rounded body. Signs of distress in your snake include the following. Lethargy or inactivity for prolonged periods of time. Despite a warm environment. Vomiting. Also cloudiness to the eye when the body is not preparing to shed. Discharge from the nostrils or the mouth and a labored breathing with foaming coming off the nostrils of the mouth. Any type of blistering along the skin or any bumps under the skin could be signs of an unclean environment or some type of external parasite. At the first sign of any of these conditions, you should consult your exotic animal veterinarian and take them in for treatment. The earlier you can catch signs of distress in a reptile, the earlier it can be treated and hopefully cured and taken care of. Any time your animal has been diagnosed with an illness, it is important to completely break down and sterilize their habitat so that you do not continue to spread this illness to your animal while it is undergoing treatment. "