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I recently purchased an adult snake with a RI. When I first got her, I noticed a wet-popping noise when she breathed. I might have never heard it if I hadn't had her wrapped around my neck. Even after her culture came back as positive, the only time I could hear it was if I placed my ear to her lung area. The vet said she had never had anyone bring one in to see her that was in such an early stage, which made me feel better about my own uncertainty in the beginning.
Mine didn't have any drainage (until later, after I had already started antiboitics), nor did she exhibit open-mouth breathing. The best way I can describe the sound she was making, is by relating it to the noise the sinus-bulb made when my son as a new born and we had to use the bulb to clear his sinuses--it sounded kinda like that.
Best of Luck!
~Beau
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