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heavy breathing?

n1ck

n1ck

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im not really sure how a snakes body moves as it breathes but it appears to me that my snake breathes really hard her whole body just looks like shes gasping. i mean shes not making funny noises or blowing bubbles or anything like that yet it still seems that she breathes hard and fast and deep? are they supposed to do that? does it mean shes stressed? :shrugs:
 
I wouldn't worry too much, nick. She's probably just a little scared.

Here's a story from my work with massasaugas, but I'm pretty sure it'd be standard for most snakes. The snakes that we tracked everyday got pretty tolerant of human presence (at least mine and my boss's) and and they would just kinda chill while we took data, and as long as we didn't disturb them, most of them wouldn't even buzz. Well during the mating season we found a lot of new unmarked snakes with our marked snakes. The newer snakes were pretty freaked out by our presence, and would freeze as soon as they became aware of us. As our presence continued sometimes they would start breathing really heavily for a bit, and then take off (sometimes dragging the marked snake along behind if they were locked up). So, long story short, I'd guess its just a response to prepare them for "flight." There's probably nothing really wrong with your snake.
 
Heavy breathing

Hi Nick, I got a corn snake at Xmas, first time I held her she was breathing very heavily. Put her back in her viv and let her settle a bit. Now when I get her out she is much calmer, still hides a lot but doesn't seem to get quite as stressed out by being handled. Try and make sure you are the only one handling her, that will reduce stress even more. Good luck
 
Imagine if something as big as we are to them picked you up. :eek1: I'd bet you'd be breathing heavy. She'll calm down with time.
 
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