help, is this normal!?

[Ashleedm]

so I finally got my ball to eat. After she was done I put her in her tank and she started to yawn, not just once but like 3 times.... so I figured she was having trouble realigning her jaw.... but then she started pressing her face against the wall like HARD she like pushed in one of her eyes for a second! Then started yawning again, then against the wall hard again.

any thing like this happen to you?

[ed4281]

Mine do that all the time and I have had no issues, I dont know why they do it I just thought they where trying to get the bones in place. When I first saw them do the face pressing thing i was alittle concerned but they still do it and they are just fine.

[Ashleedm]

oh ok, i was worried bc she was pushing HARD, but she did take a while to eat,
she sat there for like 30 minutes with just the face in her mouth and I was like WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU DOING!?

werido

[seeya205]

Maybe the prey was a little big?

[Kaorte]

I wouldn't worry about it unless the snake was rubbing its face raw. Sounds like she was just trying to push things back in place.

[Ashleedm]

I dont think it was too big, I went to the place I bought her and asked what they were feeding her and they gave me a pinky (or is it pup?) rat. I don't see a bulge in her belly so I wouldn't think it was.

[shescountry89]

I wouldn't worry about it unless the snake was rubbing its face raw. Sounds like she was just trying to push things back in place.

Most snakes do the yawning thing after eating, and pushing their faces on things. Like Kaorte said, they are readjusting their jaws. No worries!

[strangefamous]

Mine does it after every feed and she is perfectly healthy