Squeaking while eating & food too big?
Posting up for a friend;
she has a ball python that weighs in around 300g. Whenever she feeds her, and she's on rat pups, she makes not odd squeaking noise while she eats. Is this normal? She doesn't do it unless she's swallowing prey, so I'm fairly sure that it's not an RI. It sounds like she's wheezing but, like I said, doesn't do it any other time.
She had me come over this week, for the second time, to hear it & the snake ended up eating a rat that's way too big for it because it chewed threw the cardboard box it was in and fell right into the tub and the snake went right after it. The snake got the rat down, but it left a huge bulge in her. Will this hurt her? I've never seen my friend flip out so much, so I want to give her some advice from my favorite experts.
thanks!
Re: Squeaking while eating & food too big?
Does she feed live all the time? Does she know if the rats are fully constricted and dead before the snake begins to swallow its prey? My current guess is the rats are still partially alive at least while being swallowed.
If the meal was much larger than normal, leave the snake alone for an extra 2-4 days to digest. If the snake can handle it, the meal will get digested and will take a longer than usual. If a regurge happens, wait 10-14 days before offering another meal and leave the snake alone as if it were just brought home and settling in. The snake needs time to build it's digestive system back up before eating again.
Re: Squeaking while eating & food too big?
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Pyrate81
Does she feed live all the time? Does she know if the rats are fully constricted and dead before the snake begins to swallow its prey? My current guess is the rats are still partially alive at least while being swallowed.
If the meal was much larger than normal, leave the snake alone for an extra 2-4 days to digest. If the snake can handle it, the meal will get digested and will take a longer than usual. If a regurge happens, wait 10-14 days before offering another meal and leave the snake alone as if it were just brought home and settling in. The snake needs time to build it's digestive system back up before eating again.
Yeah, she feeds strictly live. I didn't think a snake would eat it if it was still alive. Neat.
alrighty. I shall let her know. Thank you!
