Not quite sure about the post but if the boa just struck the glass door and then looked like that, i wouldnt worry too much. Louie had done that a few times. They usually reset it within a day. Now if her lip has been like that for 2 days, then you need to use the cardboard middle of a Q-Tip and to pop open her mouth and look inside. You just break off the cotton parts and use the stick part perpendicular to her mouth. You dont want to stab it into her mouth, you just roll the stick to open and slide it back to the hinge part of the mouth to hold it open, then look inside. If it is a caught tooth, then you can just lift the lip up over the tooth with another Q-Tip.
And I've had to do this with Caesar my 8 foot retic on his upper lip and let me tell you, it is NOT fun when an 8 foot retic wraps around your waist and leg and squeezes. I got my finger caught on a few of his teeth while doing this. The trick i did was not use the cotton part, i just broke the cotton end off and used the stick to gently slide between his lip and jaw, under the where the lip was caught on the tooth and then just pull the stick down which unhooked his tooth. He had a nice little blood mark on his lip from where the tooth pierced it but it was healed up in a couple days. It healed faster than it took Caesar to not be pissed at me lol. He didnt want anything to do with me for about 4 days and would push my hand away and not come out of his hide to greet me when i opened a door lol.
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