corn has hurt itself, advice please

danstine · 05-28-14, 02:18 PM

Hello I am new to this website and am hoping you guys can help me. I have an 18 month old corn snake, I've just fed her and as she was feeding I filled up her water and let her be.

About 5 minutes later I walked past her vivarium and she lunged herself at the glass of the viv extremely hard. I naturally looked closely and she did it again. I know snakes are probably at their most dangerous after just being fed but I am extremely worried she's hurt herself. Her lower jaw is flat and it is almost as if she has an overbite now.

she herself seems fine, she was just drinking her water and she doesn't seem to be overly stressed about it. However seeing her little face all bent freaks the hell out of me.

my local vet doesn't tend to snakes or lizards so I am kind of stuffed. I have read about these type of things happening and they have corrected themselves after a few days.

anybody had this before? she must n'half knocked it! If that was me i'd be on the floor unconscious!

TIA

drumcrush · 05-28-14, 04:20 PM

Could you please post a pic if you are able?

Batessi · 05-28-14, 04:22 PM

Sometimes the little overbite is caused by local swelling at the site of impact; however, without a professional examination, there is no way to tell for sure. I would give it a day or two and if there is no improvement see if your local vet can direct you to a specialist.

shaunyboy · 05-28-14, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by drumcrush

Could you please post a pic if you are able?

if you could please post some pictures,taken from...

the side

the front

the top

the bottom

i will give folk a way of giving you an informed opinion mate

imo as long as nothings broken,the snake should realign it's jaw and the swelling will go down,just keep an eye on things,make sure she realigns her jaw

cheers shaun

SSSSnakes · 05-28-14, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by shaunyboy

imo as long as nothings broken,the snake should realign it's jaw and the swelling will go down,just keep an eye on things,make sure she realigns her jaw
cheers shaun

I agree, there most likely is no real damage.