Mama, what isth this thuff?

I use paper towels as substrate for two reasons, so easy to clean and to prevent THIS :rolleye2:

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...r/P6170534.jpg

I think it stunned her at first and then she worked her mouth around for a while before she actually turned her attention back to the rat. It started out about the size of a dime, but was much smaller by the time I got finished picking at it (with the tweezer-tongs) whenever she would open her mouth. I suppose the small bits in her teeth went down with the rat...oh well :rolleyes:

Robbin

Well then that is very intresting lol as long as your snakes ok lol

I just started using news paper and I love it. Its so easy!

There's actually newspaper under the paper towel. I just like the white paper towel on top for aesthetic reasons. Who knew after a year it would turn out to be an accident waiting to happen?

I am assuming that since most snakes ingest a little aspen or other such substrate at times, a tiny piece of biodegradable paper towel can't be too bad. She just seemed uncomfortable trying to figure out what on earth was stuck to the roof of her mouth :O

Robbin

I love the look on her face. :clap:

I know...me too! I could have sworn her expression actually changed to surprise and then a little panicky. She was looking up at me and I could almost imagine she was begging me to help her...poor little girl :weirdface

Robbin

Delilah actually got a piece of Carefresh stuck in her mouth tonight, and had a similar reaction... but then she dropped the mouse, tried to spit out the Carefresh, and finally swallowed it. Whoops! :oops: Then she was so nervous about eating more, she "stood up" and shook the mouse before taking it down. I use paper towels for my other BPs, but Delilah didn't seem to like that - and she technically belongs to my roommate, who chooses to use Carefresh instead. Anyway, cool picture and I'm glad your snake is okay!

Thanks! Yours too :D

Robbin

Actually I did have the same thing happen a week or two ago with newspaper, only the snake (a blood python) didn't seem to "get it" so I had to kind of gently remove it from his mouth. Wasn't very stuck in, though ... But, it seems it can happen with newspaper as well as paper towel :P

What was even weirder was that the week before, I was walking by his tub and, for absolutely no reason, he grabbed at one of the newspapers in his cage, held on and coiled as if it were a rat! After I figured out what the heck had gone on (I was worried one of the snakes was having a seizure or something), I had to open up the tub and remove the newspaper from his mouth. It wasn't even a feeding day, so the room didn't smell like rat or anything ... I still haven't figured that one out!

Strange indeed :O

Robbin