Wet or Dry?

Is a BP's tongue (supposed to be) wet or dry?

wet...shouldn't every animals tongue be wet? It's a mucous membrane. I don't know how you would be able to tell if any snakes tongue was wet or dry though...

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Originally Posted by Pwilliams58

wet...shouldn't every animals tongue be wet? It's a mucous membrane. I don't know how you would be able to tell if any snakes tongue was wet or dry though...

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It's been many, many years since so I may be wrong but when we had our McCaw his toungue wasn't wet.

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Originally Posted by TanyaL

It's been many, many years since so I may be wrong but when we had our McCaw his toungue wasn't wet.

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Hmm that is true...maybe not all animals have wet tongues, I just imagine that a snake would.

When you see open mouth shots, all the tissue usually looks wet.

nothing is better then slobbery kisses

That's all very comforting. My Monty was sticking his tongue out and I caught it on camera and it looks wet. I guess I was thinking dry like a cat - something that wouldn't look...slick and slimy.

Here's his pretty picture.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3228/...1a3d31e0c.jpg?

I should add, in case you can't tell, that he's shedding. That's the strange "collar" he's wearing.

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Originally Posted by Xo'Phoeah

That's all very comforting. My Monty was sticking his tongue out and I caught it on camera and it looks wet. I guess I was thinking dry like a cat - something that wouldn't look...slick and slimy.

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My cats tongues are wet...very rough, but still wet...

I know what you mean though.