Oh, this is awful news...I'm so sorry Richard. Honestly, I think that she only got bark in her mouth after she thrashed around some...I too doubt that it actually
caused her death, but whatever it was, it was much too soon. A snake can die from just a regurge, as far as I know...some of it can "go the wrong way" into the
lung & I suspect that is what caused her sad untimely death, since coughing things up isn't a talent that snakes have. Such rotten luck, hugs.