need some advice asap!!

[reptiman93]

so i just got a jungle carpet/ and i havent held it for a couple days.i just check on its water and look in to see how its doing. so i was about to go to bed. and i looked at it and noticed its lip was kind of sagging down. and i could tell some of the skin under its head looked a little roughed up. what do i do????i am very worried someone give some advice please

[sho220]

Any way to get a pic?

[blackcrystal22]

Pictures? Details of husbandry? Humidity/temps?

[reptiman93]

ya hold on like ten min i will try best to get some pics. temps around 80. humidity around 50

[reptiman93]

ok camera is screwed up so no pics. if you look at your snake. just look at the bottom jaw by the mouth. the skin is kind of pulled down and the right under the mouth there is a little skin peeling off. i dunno if it like struck at the screen top or something in the cage. no sharp objects in cage though

[reptiman93]

i just got it saturday. hasnt ate yet cause i thought i would give it some time. born on 6-7-08. she seems really nervous right now. i worried she might be hurting kinda bad

[blackcrystal22]

Is he/she in blue?

With what your describing it comes off to me that it looks a bit like a stuck shed is hanging down from it's lower jaw?

[reptiman93]

you might be right but from what i can see it doesnt look like a stuck shed. it definitely wasnt in shed or just finished. i think something happened to its jaw

[Colin Vestrand]

i would grab the snake and restrain it so you can look at it's mouth more closely. if it struck the screen or whatever then it's mouth will most likely just go back to normal anyway. their mouths always look jacked up after they strike or eat. or if it was trying to get out then it could rough up some scales and knock it's labial scales out of whack - not a big deal, it'll go back to normal.
on the flip side, if it has mouth rot you would need to take immediate action to avoid any problems. you can use a paper clip to open its mouth... start at the back corner above the heat pits and slide it in and slowly rotate the clip to pry the mouth open. google 'mouth rot' or whatever to see what it looks like. this should not hurt the snake at all... nearly all carpets are 'nervous' at that age.

if you aren't comfortable with that i'd take it to a vet tomorrow.