I am trying to take care of my daughter's 5 month-old BP while she is away. It is about 12". (really small). It took a frozen pinky mouse that I had warmed in a glass of warm water for 20 minutes. It (I say "it", I don't know what sex it is.)...It swallowed the mouse just to about 1" down past it's head. (the snake's, not the mouse's head) and has been stuck there for 3 days now. The poor thing seems like it is breathing OK, but it just can't seem to get the mouse down any further.

I checked once and it was face up in the corner of the tank like it was trying to get gravity to work it down. Another time I checked, it was sitting in it's water bowl with it's head out of the water and it's mouth open. It's not swallowing nor regurgitating.

Is this an emergency situation? 3 days seems awful long. It never had this trouble before. I really like this Python, and my daughter loves it. She would be heartbroken if something were to happen to it.

Worried,
Jetplane