HELP! My ball python has substrate in his mouth

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I use coco-husk. Never had a problem - we used to use aspen and our Orange Ghost got a piece jammed in the corner of his jaw so we try to avoid wood shavings now.

It sounds like the mouse was too small for your BP. When we feed our little guy he's gotta stretch his jaw out so far than any substrate (at this time aspen) that was stuck to the feeder fell off when it would get to his mouth.

From what I understand BP's are able to digest the wood shavings so I wouldn't worry. Its not something you want them to ingest because it was cause internal issues as aspen is very sharp - but the wood is in there so there's nothing you can really do. I've had snakes eat it by accident and be absolutely fine. I would just recommend switching substrates for the future.

Cheers

My snakes regularly ingest aspen and pine while eating their meals. They have done so for over thirty years with no issues.

They have eaten small amounts and they have eaten fairly large amounts. It's not something to worry about.