HELP!!! Something wrong with my hatchling

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Originally Posted by jim020cricket

When a something goes into the back of their throat it triggers a muscle reflex and it automatically swallows.

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Guess you've never tried to assist feed a baby ball and have it spit the prey item back out at you? ... LOL ... there is no reflex that makes the "automatically swallow". :sweeet:

-adam

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Originally Posted by Lovable sam

So it is possible that he died of the stress caused by the force-feeding if the manual is to be believed.

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Possible ... but more likely that he died because he was already in too poor of health to properly digest the meal in his system.

-adam

Wow, sorry for your loss; seems like if there's anyone to blame here, it'd be the store, in my humble opinion. Anyone with a lick of responsibility, who gets in CH babies (or even sells their own CBB babies, hell,) will establish them well before thinking of selling them.
If you're seriously interested in these snakes, I would not let this experience deter you. Go out, set up a cage with right-on temps, hides, etc. and then get a nice, healthy, and fat baby (or even an "older model") from one of the breeders out there with a good reputation; it is definately worth it!