impaction due to substrate ingestion...fact or fiction?

[BWSmith]

Originally posted by ChocoMeijin
Smith, that's crazy!!!! I'd like to see a pic of that lol! I'd be going nuts if that ever happened to me LOL ^_^

No pics, but I think the male that was in the cage with her was traumatized.

[Linds]

BW,
What a wild story! Looking forward to seeing pics!

[Stockwell]

There have been several photos taken of Boids that have ingested cage light bulbs after striking the heat source thinking it was prey. I'm not sure if these would be fatal, but most of the pics I have seen were xrays taken just prior to surgical removal. Light bulbs are pretty smooth until the break, but passing one, would be similar to egg binding.. It probably wouldn't make it out that end unless the snake was huge

[Manitoban Herps]

I have had lots of herps on peat moss and sand and have never had one die from impaction and have even witnessed them swallow the substrate while eating there prey.