Burmese Python Yawning??

[BURMS]

Hi all, I was just wondering about something: After a meal or at random times in the day my Burmese python will "yawn." I'm sure she's not actually yawning but I got curious and wanted to know why she does it. She doesn't do it regularly, Ive only seen her do it twice apart from when she just finished a meal. Why does she do this?

Thanks!

[Andy_G]

She's realigning her jaws. All snakes do this. :)

[BURMS]

good to know! thanks!

[David VB]

Sometimes they do just yawn btw ��

[Scubadiver59]

Probably what the previous posters said...but, how about stretching the muscles in the jaw in readiness for the next meal? FEED ME!!! :rolleyes:

[Cyclops]

Yeah, they do that normally. Its kind of like me popping my shoulder back in place after a freerunning course. (wait, what?)

[akane]

They will open their mouth if too hot sometimes. If it's short around a meal that's probably not the reason but if you have a snake contained in something or with a small temperature gradient and it is opening it's mouth you want to check the temp just in case.

[Andy_G]

They will open their mouth if too hot sometimes. If it's short around a meal that's probably not the reason but if you have a snake contained in something or with a small temperature gradient and it is opening it's mouth you want to check the temp just in case.

Interesting. I've never heard of this.

[Tsubaki]

Never heard of anything other than birds doing this (and any animal that can pant offcourse) I have heard of snakes with a bad cold having their mouthed open though. Fascinating

[GyGbeetle]

They will also yawn to smell their environment. They have sensors inside their mouths to help them sensor smells around them.

Here's a pretty good article about all the reasons they yawn:

https://www.cuteness.com/blog/content/why-do-snakes-yawn