mouth rot

Mouth rot looks like cheesy substance around its gums. Sometimes it is bad enough the snake can't close its mouth completely. I cannot tell by your pic for sure but mouth rot is very obvious when you see it. Nonetheless, it never hurts to confirm with a vet to be sure.

UPDATE:

Took him to the vet, his mouth is fine, nice and pink and clear. She said it was probably just substrate. She says he is skinny, but otherwise healthy and suggested offering a fuzzy vs the small mouse and see if he will take it, since he is small, only 75 grams

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Originally Posted by cyvamp

UPDATE:

Took him to the vet, his mouth is fine, nice and pink and clear. She said it was probably just substrate. She says he is skinny, but otherwise healthy and suggested offering a fuzzy vs the small mouse and see if he will take it, since he is small, only 75 grams

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That’s great to hear, glad it was nothing. Much better safe then sorry.

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Originally Posted by cyvamp

UPDATE:

Took him to the vet, his mouth is fine, nice and pink and clear. She said it was probably just substrate. She says he is skinny, but otherwise healthy and suggested offering a fuzzy vs the small mouse and see if he will take it, since he is small, only 75 grams

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That's what it looked like to me, especially by the motions he was making with his head...snakes have a hard time getting things out of their mouth and if it ever
happens again, you want to help him rinse his mouth out. Guess I missed this thread before today?

Glad he's OK, and I hope he eats soon now for you: I have a feeling that the whole reason he ended up with a mouthful of substrate was that he was hungry and
could smell previously-offered rodent in the substrate, so he tried to eat it. I know, "epic fail" ;) but my point is, he's hungry & you should offer whatever he was
offered previously (rat or mouse) for best results, since they smell quite different. Good luck, keep us posted? :snake: