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    Re: Ball python struggling to swallow

    I was hoping this story would end differently and you just had a 'slow eater'.

    I had the same nightmare issue with an entire clutch a few years ago.

    Upon necropsy I noticed a congenital hourglass tissue formation in the esophagus that should not have been there.
    Food would get stuck half-way in, and forcibly extracting the prey item resulted in heavy damage...ultimately leading to death.
    In hindsight if I had known the exact issue I could have fed extremely small prey items, but, upon necropsy...too late...

    I dread encountering this condition again and have completely outcrossed the original breeding lines to prevent this from happening a second time.
    *.* TNTC

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