Help! Mouth full of aspen?

[toddstj]

I'm not an expert, but I would think if they can digest bones and teeth, aspen shavings are no big deal. I have removed them from my snakes mouth when it happens though.

[hunter94]

I'm not an expert, but I would think if they can digest bones and teeth, aspen shavings are no big deal. I have removed them from my snakes mouth when it happens though.

Aspen is different material then Bones thus it will not digest the same. Aspen can get very sharp also and cut up a BPs mouth and insides if swallowed.

[Alexandra V]

Thanks to all. It was a fairly big piece that he had in his mouth, I don't think he would have been able to eat with it in there, so I'm fairly certain he got that out, and then I watched him eating it and picked off all the pieces of aspen from the mouse before it entered his mouth, so I think I can calm down now, right? (sorry. newbie spazz. i know.)

[h00blah]

when my snake was on aspen, he had a huge chunk of aspen in his mouth and worked to get it out - it was keeping his jaws seperated and i just used tweasers and poked it - it fell down and he was able to get it out

[mommanessy247]

hmmm i'm using cypress mulch as a substrate...i should probly feed outside of the enclosure huh?

[hunter94]

hmmm i'm using cypress mulch as a substrate...i should probly feed outside of the enclosure huh?

Yep, if you have any loose substrate I would recommend feeding outside of the enclosure.

[Kadaysa]

I am brand spanking new to this forum as I just received my first two BP's on Tuesday this week. I have 39 colubrids and I do keep them on aspen. I feed all of the colubrids in seperate containers. Since I wanted BP's I have been reading up on what I should do for these guys. The majority of what I read states to feed in the enclosure due to some possible stress issues. So the main question is when keeping on loose substrate is it better to feed in a separate container to minimize stress or feed in the enclosure but lay down a piece of plastic or paper bag or towel over the aspen to minimize injestion? Not trying to hijack this thread with this question, sorta thought it fit in. I am not sure my new snakes would be comfortable with me trying to pick out some aspen pieces. I purchase Harlan in bulk so I think it is better shredded than others but still, probably not a good relationship developer for me and a new snake