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Boa messed up his chin.

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  • 04-28-2011, 10:36 PM
    M3chan1ca1
    Boa messed up his chin.
    After feeding my boa, he struck the side of his plastic tub and put a dent in his chin, its not bleeding and he seems to be acting normally. will this repair itself?
    has this happened to anyone else?

    http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/3346/img0944ba.jpg
    http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/2118/img0946pj.jpg
  • 04-28-2011, 10:40 PM
    Mft62485
    Looks like he just unhinged it's jaw a bit, hopefully it will get better.
  • 04-28-2011, 11:03 PM
    cecilbturtle
    i had a boa bite me and the same thing happened to his lower jaw. it stayed like that for about a day. the vet i called said to bring him in if she had trouble eating. she took a meal on schedule with no problems.

    hope hes gonna be okay.
    good luck
  • 04-28-2011, 11:14 PM
    Foschi Exotic Serpents
    My boa had something similar happen when she got too excited at feeding time and struck the cage door. It fixed itself after a few days.
  • 04-28-2011, 11:30 PM
    lk_holla
    Re: Boa messed up his chin.
    Agreed, I've had mine do that as well and she eventually fixed it herself. I wonder if its more the teeth getting caught onto one another like velcro
  • 04-28-2011, 11:34 PM
    M3chan1ca1
    Thanks to everyone who replied. I was panicking for awhile there heh.

    Ill keep on eye on him for next few days and update.
  • 05-03-2011, 03:42 PM
    Moofins07
    Any updates on the big guy?
  • 05-03-2011, 04:22 PM
    Foschi Exotic Serpents
    The jaw does unhinge (SP?) in the front underneath right in the center, as well as the back corners.
  • 05-03-2011, 04:27 PM
    RichsBallPythons
    Happens to all pythons and boas.The lower jaw comes in and hooks its self on the lower teeth when they hit a hard object. Give him time to maneuver it to get it off. It unable you can work the teeth off the jaw to unhook him.
  • 05-08-2011, 06:08 PM
    M3chan1ca1
    His mouth has gone back to normal and he ate yesterday. Thanks all for answering me my question :)
  • 05-08-2011, 06:10 PM
    dragonboy4578
    That is great to hear....
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