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[BallpythonsRCool]

Hi my ball python is trying to swallow a mouse but he is coming in front the side so he can't swallow it should I readjust it so he can swallow it from the head down or let him do it. Also the mouse it turning bloody what should I do, especially its stomach.

[jbzapanda]

They usually figure it out. It's nothing to be worried about. As for the blood, well that happens when a ball with 80 or so teeth bites. xD

[BallpythonsRCool]

Alright thanks so it won't explode, also by now he has actually managed to get both the head and side down at the same time

[BallpythonsRCool]

Is it a bad thing that the whole mouse won't be separated the way he's swallowing it and since there necks and heads r so skinny?

[jbzapanda]

Nope, the only time a mouse might explode is if it was thawed too quickly in hot/boiling water which should never be done! Their jaws do amazing stuff, they don't always get it head first in the wild