A snake's digestive acid is strong, yes. But it is not designed to digest wood. Even termites can not digest wood without the help of some micro-organism that lives in their guts.
Probably most snakes that swallow a little bit of substrate, whatever substrate it is, pass it through their system with little or no harm. But that is passing through, not getting digested. So if a lot gets swallowed at once, or little bits don't pass through and eventually build up, or something else goes wrong, it has the potential to cause impaction or possibly other issues.
true, what do wild snakes eat on? newspaper or aspen?
Originally Posted by kc261
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