cant re-align jaw

[mpkeelee]

has anyone ever fed their snake and afterwards ur snake couldnt get its mouth back in line. i fed the snakes last night and my normals "lips" were sagging down on both side of her mouth. she kept yawning try to fix it but that didnt work, and then had to rub her mouth on her hide and on the tub to fix it. anyone ever see this before??

[DJ_Bizarre]

Havn't seen it myself, but after posting a thread and reading many threads about snakes rubbing their faces/noses on things, I can tell you that if they cannot just yawn their jaw back into alignment, they will tend to rub them on different objects in their enclosure to fix the problem. It always seems like the snake eventually fixes the problem themself so I would say you don't have a thing to worry about.

[Vilenica]

Yes, I would say its farely common. I have kept 10-20 ball pythons for ten years and smaller numbers since the 80's. And see it happen at least once a year. It could be more common for certain snakes and to what degree they attack and the amount of force they use with there jaw grip. I dont ever find it a problem (like lasting for multiple hours)