Just fed Lucy and it went great. Medium f/t rat thawed in hot water. Missed on the first strike, which seems to be a pattern, but then she ripped the rat right out of the tongs. All was good until just after she got it down.

At first she yawned a few times, then she was just kind of "smacking her lips", opening and closing her mouth just a bit. Not too strange. Then she opened it wider and starting wiggling her jaw like a seesaw. Then she started sniffing at her body and rubbing her nose on it. Okay, I thought, maybe it still smells like rat from when she was death gripping it.

And then she was normal, until a minute later she turn her head and neck UPSIDEDOWN and started slithering around like that for maybe half a foot.

After that she started rubbing her nose and jaw against her hides and half log, with pretty decent pressure. At one point she raised her head, gave a short hiss, then a minute later did another one and gave another yawn. After a few minutes it became less frequent, and then seemed to stop all together.

I am FREAKING OUT.

My only guesses are that she got substrate somewhere in her face from bodyslamming the rat when she snatched it or she is having trouble with her jaw. I think I saw some substrate in her mouth when she was yawning and smacking, sort of behind her lip. I know there's nothing in the heat pits because she got close enough to the glass for me to get a good look. Nostrils are questionable because they are so dark, but she isn't rubbing the top of her nose, just the front and sides.

Sorry for the long post but I am terrified something is wrong. I have videos if that would help.

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