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    Help! Frost had something stuck in his mouth

    So, my BP Frost, was on hunger strike for almost 6 months. I finally started getting him to eat about 3 weeks ago, frozen stuff too (which is nice since feeding live was a pain in the butt). Today, I upgraded him to an adult mouse from hopper mice. He decided to eat the darn thing tail first :/ he finally got it down, but afterwards he had 2 things stuck in his mouth. One was inside his lip & I was able to gently maneuver it out with my finger (he had been trying the "swallow" thing they do to try & get it down for 5mins straight with no luck & was getting distressed, so I know it's bad to put your hands near them right after feeding, but he couldn't get it out) but the other thing looked like a chunk of his reptibark bedding & I think he swallowed it. Snakes can't choke can they? I'm just worried he might be hurt from eating the mouse the wrong way, any advice on what to look for to make sure Frost stays healthy would be greatly appreciated.

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    BP's eat rodents backwards all the time so I wouldn't worry about that.

    Eating substrate can cause issues but most of the time it's fine. I would leave him alone, but keep an eye on him. Make sure his water dish is full as well. I know that when mine get a mouth full of substrate they go straight for the water dish.
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