King is "yawing"...is this normal?

[LimaGolf]

Yup, as you can probably tell, I'm new to this.

I recently acquired a California King, not sure how old but it's approximately 12"-14" long. I was looking at it today and it started yawning.

Needless to say, I thought I was seeing things and kept watching....it did it another 3 times withing approx. 6 mins.

Can anyone shed some light on this subject for me? I'm hoping he's just being cute and that he's not sick or something.

Thanks!!

LG

[gonesnakee]

Snakes will yawn yep. They tend to do so more often when in shed, I think they do so to help start the shedding process partially. Mark

[Aaron_S]

Sometimes you'll see them do it to readjust their jaws.