Substrate stuck in nose again!

[ENA Reptiles]

This has happened to me twice now. My male cinnamon got some substrate in his nose and now hemsounds like he's has trouble breathing. This happened to my female albino spider and I freaked out thinking I had an RI on my hands when the vet assured me that it was only the aspen that was stuck in her nose. They removed it and then she was fine. Not making anymore noise. But now she got some back in her nose. I know it's not Ri because the symptoms aren't there. But I'm wondering how do you get it out? Or if I'm the only one that this happens to?

[anicatgirl]

Bump plz

[thedavegraham]

Sounds like I'd quit aspen

[phil89]

yeah i dont go for aspen for a number of reasons this being one of them, i prefer cypress mulch, bigger chunks and as long as your not feeding on top of this substrate you pretty much eliminate accidental ingestion.

[Sauzo]

Hmm I've never had aspen get stuck in my red tail boa or ball pythons noses ever and my red tail loves to destroy her cage and push the aspen all over. But if it is getting stuck in yours, then yes I would probably switch. I like aspen for the fact its cheap and since I do full cage cleanings every month or 2 months at the most, it doesn't break the bank to buy 3 bags every month. Plus it absorbs piss pretty good.

I'm curious how did your snake get aspen lodged in her nose? I mean sometimes my red tail gets dust or some particulate in her nose but you know it when she does as she does a big huff and expels a bunch of air clearing her nose. She does sometimes make a slight whistling noise when she is ready to shed but I attribute that to just the skin inside her nose holes are loosening up. You can tell an RI from just a whistle. RI has a gurgling wet sound where as the shed whistle is just a crisp whistle. But anyways im curious as I know in the wild they root around into rodent burrows and dirt holes, termite mounds and stuff like that so im sure they get that stuff in their nose too but like I said, they probably just huff and expel/clear their nostrils.

[ENA Reptiles]

Hmm I've never had aspen get stuck in my red tail boa or ball pythons noses ever and my red tail loves to destroy her cage and push the aspen all over. But if it is getting stuck in yours, then yes I would probably switch. I like aspen for the fact its cheap and since I do full cage cleanings every month or 2 months at the most, it doesn't break the bank to buy 3 bags every month. Plus it absorbs piss pretty good.

I'm curious how did your snake get aspen lodged in her nose? I mean sometimes my red tail gets dust or some particulate in her nose but you know it when she does as she does a big huff and expels a bunch of air clearing her nose. She does sometimes make a slight whistling noise when she is ready to shed but I attribute that to just the skin inside her nose holes are loosening up. You can tell an RI from just a whistle. RI has a gurgling wet sound where as the shed whistle is just a crisp whistle. But anyways im curious as I know in the wild they root around into rodent burrows and dirt holes, termite mounds and stuff like that so im sure they get that stuff in their nose too but like I said, they probably just huff and expel/clear their nostrils.

this is actually the second time it's happened. The vet told me what happens is that the nostril being closed won't allow it to breath out of there and lots of mucus build up behind it. So she said it may sound like an RI but it almost always with these cases it isn't. But a trip to the vet is pretty expensive. But by any chance does someone know how to get this out of their noses?

[Rickys_Reptiles]

I'd love to see a pic of this. I mean, how far up it's nose is it?

[Tcarver]

I've been using aspen for all my snakes for years and have never ran into this issue. However, I feed my snakes in a separate cage without any substrate to avoid any potential ingestion issues.

[Sonny1318]

Wow, I can't believe how many posts people have mentioned using separate feeding cages. And nobody crucified them. Or brought up cage aggression feeding myth. Some people due it because they don't want feeder "contamination", or risk accidental substrate ingestion. Wow,maybe it is a friendly community after all. Sorry to get off subject. And yes I know it can possibly stress some animals.

[Reinz]

Wow, I can't believe how many posts people have mentioned using separate feeding cages. And nobody crucified them. Or brought up cage aggression feeding myth. Some people due it because they don't want feeder "contamination", or risk accidental substrate ingestion. Wow,maybe it is a friendly community after all. Sorry to get off subject. And yes I know it can possibly stress some animals.

There have been many threads on this subject.

This horse has been beat to a pulp.

I think folks arms are still tired from the beatings.