Snakes Stargaze?

So today I went on my first solo vet trip. I took Zaid in to stop him from dying! Yay! Heh, despite that comment, I don't think he was in any immediate danger, though I loathe to make him sit through any pain he was in (if any.. I didn't notice anything that looked like pain). I was checking up on him last night and I noticed he was foaming at the mouth a bit. My first thought, naturally, was rabies. Which kind of frightened me. So I did some research online and found out, much to my relief, that Pythons (or any reptile for that matter) can't contract rabies. I then checked online to see what the foaming might mean. Much to my dismay, it's a symptom of a respiratory infection. Some other symptoms include a popping sound coming from their nose, along with bubbles from said nostrils, general lethargy, and "Stargazing". Now despite the incredibly horror stricken response from the general internet public ("ZOMG STARGAZING! VET! NOW!") I find this term really intriguing. Basically it means that the snake lifts it's head off the ground a bit and points upward, as if it were staring at the ceiling. In other words "stargazing". I feel like this sounds too cool to be a symptom of a potentially fatal disease however.. silly me.

Back to the story. I woke up this morning and noticed that he was indeed stargazing, which made me have a mini panic attack of sorts. So I talked to my parents, we found a vet that works with pythons, and set an appointment.. for 4pm today. Turns out the Vet was in St Paul. So I mowed 3/4ths of the lawn, took a shower, packed Zaid up, and set off on a journey. Traffic was bad in places and I spent the entire trip on what looked like an empty tank of gas, but I made it there just in time and without my car dying! The vet checked him out, confirmed that it is a respiratory infection and prescribed a series of antibiotics. His technician came in and showed me how to administer the injections.. yes injections. Turns out snakes have a low success rate with oral antibiotics because they usually break it down in their stomach before they can absorb it. The whole ordeal took 215 bucks out of my pocket, and the vet, although a nice guy, was kind of annoying. I don't like medical specialists that talk like they're talking to a child, even if it's to an animal. Children being the only exception, you can talk to a child like it's a child. I dunno, it's like "why are you talking like that? He's not going to understand you any better then he already doesn't.." Don't get me wrong, I liked the guy, very professional and confident and whatnot, just not that specific detail. Anyways, now I get to pierce my snake with a needle every day until Wednesday and every other day after that until the medication runs out.

I'm just glad Zaid will be ok