Weird feeding behavior?

regi375 · 03-19-17, 07:15 PM

Welp, I'm now an advocate for feeding tubes. She missed the mouse on her first strike and got a mouthful of dirt she can't spit out. It's been almost a half hour and she still can't seem to get rid of the glob in her mouth. Any suggestions? I'm soaking her right now so...

**Aaron_S** · 03-19-17, 08:06 PM

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Welp, I'm now an advocate for feeding tubes. She missed the mouse on her first strike and got a mouthful of dirt she can't spit out. It's been almost a half hour and she still can't seem to get rid of the glob in her mouth. Any suggestions? I'm soaking her right now so...

Was it harming her? Snake would have been fine. You're welcome to do it your way though.

regi375 · 03-19-17, 09:30 PM

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Was it harming her? Snake would have been fine. You're welcome to do it your way though.

It seemed to be. She kept opening her mouth like she was trying to swallow something or get it out, but it just stayed there. Wasn't really able to feed her after that.

**Aaron_S** · 03-20-17, 07:03 AM

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It seemed to be. She kept opening her mouth like she was trying to swallow something or get it out, but it just stayed there. Wasn't really able to feed her after that.

It was just stuck. Her mouth is wet so the dry earth stuck to it. She was opening and closing trying to figure a way to swallow it or dislodge it.

Soaking it off is fine but don't be discouraged about feeding in the enclosure.

**Tsubaki** · 03-20-17, 07:59 AM

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Welp, I'm now an advocate for feeding tubes. She missed the mouse on her first strike and got a mouthful of dirt she can't spit out. It's been almost a half hour and she still can't seem to get rid of the glob in her mouth. Any suggestions? I'm soaking her right now so...

Most of my snakes (especially my retics )are quite fanatic during feeding time and do that all the time, end up getting a mouthful of dirt.. First time it ever happened to me years ago I also tried to help the snake getting it out. Now I don't, eventually they will find the water themselves and rinse it out or it will go down once they start eating. Never had any issues