Uh-Oh

When my bp was eating,she ate a really(i mean really) tiny peice of repti bark.It got in her feeding enclosure.is it ok?

eh...she...should be ok? i would guess, but there could be possible complications

i'd suggest getting a rubbermaid tub or something and using that for a feeding enclosure, especially since the snakes normal environment contains a substrate that it could potentially ingest

it wasnt even much though

There is a possibility for complications no matter how big or small the reptibark she ate was. I too use reptibark in my snakes homes, but I also feed in a separate rubber maid for thier safety..you may consider getting one for feeding also. Just watch your bp and see if there r any complications, if you see any complications or think there is something wrong, take your bp to the vet.

I have reptibark, and I feed in the enclosure. It's just easier. But I put down a sheet of newspaper to cover the feeding area. That way I don't have to worry about the regurge thing when moving the snake from a feeding enclosure, and it's just easier. I wait until she has the mouse down, then give her a while to settle. Usually after she's done yawning and re-aligning her jaw, she'll be flicking her tongue looking for her hide. So I slowly lift up the newspaper and she slides off it, then I put her hide back in place, and she slithers right in. Then I put her waterbowl and stick back, and it's a done deal.

i'm not even sure she ate it.She looked fine when i got home.Will it kill her?i dont wanna lose another snake so quickly.

Eh , I wouldn't worry about it. I know a guy who had a boa eat a small towel and it ended up passing it a few weeks later. Thats pretty extreme, but I think a small piece will be alright.

I personally would worry. And in the future, you may want to feed in a separate container than you house your snake in, that way you dont have to be right there watching (as long as you feed f/t or f/k) and wondering if it ate the reptibark after it is done.

my snake is hopefully okay.She hasnt breathed wrong or anything.

bpkid...sit back....take a deep breath......exhale.....now relax.............She will be allright.

thanx ironhead and elavate for making me feel better.

Cody, I would be more concerned about my snake ingesting some substrate than regurging b/c I (carefully & gently) moved my snake back into it's enclosure after feeding. Then again, I avoid all that by just using papertowels and newspaper as a substrate.

thanks sophie for the help i had a question can i use no substrate during feeding time???

no substrate would be one of the benefits of feeding in a separate container. just use a cardboard box or rubbermaid with nothing at all in it. then there is no risk of your snake injesting something it shouldn't.

You coul alwys switch to green indoor/outdoor carpet if you don't want to move it from the encloser. I use green indoor/outdoor carpeting in all of my enclosures and it looks great, really natural, and there is no change of anything being ingested. you can see pictures of my tank here
http://photobucket.com/albums/v454/B...0Python-Cupid/

sry bout the last post that was my bro.