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03-07-17, 01:29 PM
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Burmese Python Yawning??
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!
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03-07-17, 01:32 PM
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Re: Burmese Python Yawning??
She's realigning her jaws. All snakes do this. 
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03-07-17, 06:31 PM
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Re: Burmese Python Yawning??
good to know! thanks!
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03-11-17, 09:35 AM
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Re: Burmese Python Yawning??
Sometimes they do just yawn btw ��
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03-11-17, 09:59 AM
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Re: Burmese Python Yawning??
Probably what the previous posters said...but, how about stretching the muscles in the jaw in readiness for the next meal? FEED ME!!! 
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03-18-17, 08:08 PM
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Re: Burmese Python Yawning??
Yeah, they do that normally. Its kind of like me popping my shoulder back in place after a freerunning course. (wait, what?)
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03-21-17, 07:50 AM
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Re: Burmese Python Yawning??
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.
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03-21-17, 10:39 AM
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Re: Burmese Python Yawning??
Quote:
Originally Posted by 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.
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Interesting. I've never heard of this.
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03-21-17, 10:44 AM
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Re: Burmese Python Yawning??
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
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03-21-17, 11:15 AM
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Re: Burmese Python Yawning??
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/conten...do-snakes-yawn
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