Ok so I'm not sure if this is a common mishap or not but it seems like it could be. I normally feed my ball python in a plastic tub just to avoid any substrate ingestion and for it being an easier place to monitor and make sure everything is going ok. When I do this I normally put paper towels down on the bottom in case there is any leakage from the prey so its easy to clean up. Today though I didnt have any paper towels on hand so I used some napkins and unfolded them and just kind of carelessly laid them on the tub and kind of folding inwards from the walls real loosely.
I put muh snake in and then dropped the prey down and as soon as it struck the mouse and coiled up, I saw the napkins coil up along with the food. I kind of panicked and tried my best to pull the napkin away and uncoil the snake a bit and eventually was able to slip the napkin out and all is well but it got me wondering.
1) Is this a common mishap that people experience and should I just avoid using napkins/paper towels?
2) Does it really stress the snake out to fiddle with it while its trying to eat? Didnt seem phased by me picking it up and trying to pull the napkin out, it just tried to squeeze a bit harder is all but I'd still obviously like to avoid adding more stress.
and 3) Would the snake even try to eat its food with a napkin wrapped around it or might it uncoil and scoot the napkin out of the way? I didnt really want to find out before it was too late.
Here is a picture I took in the middle of it all after I pulled some of the napkin apart to let me see a bit better.
Anyways, wasnt a terribly huge issue but just wanted to get some other thoughts on this.
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