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| waggster |
Posted - 29/10/2012 : 14:51:35
Advice please. We fed our year old snow corn last night. 2 fuzzies as normal. She is almost 3 foot long and weighs 128 g. We noticed today that she is twitching occasionally and the right side of her mouth droops sometimes and it looked like she was rubbing the dropped side against her belly. This isn't happening all the time but just today. Temps etc are normal. She is drinking ok. Any advice please as we are worried that something is wrong because she has not done this before. |
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| lotabob |
Posted - 04/11/2012 : 20:19:22
I have done it to a 7 gram house snake with an RI, way smaller than a hatchling corn snake, they are fragile but not so fragile that you cant examine them when you need to. I get a thin drinks straw or a cotton bud with all the fluffy bits chopped off, gently hold the snake just behind the jaw and put the straw to the snakes nose and move it just into the snakes mouth, their normal response is to open their mouth then just gently use the straw to hold it open while you have a quick look. It takes absolutely no force at all, the hardest part is holding them still. |
| Razee |
Posted - 04/11/2012 : 08:17:59
Lotabob, how do you open a small snakes mouth? I read about 2 different methods, which would be ok for a royal, or an adult corn, but I can't imagine even trying to hold the head of a hatchling or a yearling, let alone to open it? They're just so tiny and fragile. |
| lotabob |
Posted - 04/11/2012 : 01:22:31
A lot of these things have a way of resolving itself but it sounds like possibly got something stuck in its mouth, fur or substrate, it is advisable to know how to make a snake open its mouth for just such an occasion. I would however address the feeding situation, 2 fuzzies doesn't sound enough food for the weight of your snake. Just looked up my records and at that weight I was feeding mine small-medium mice, (my 24 gram House Snake is eating fuzzies) |
| Georgina |
Posted - 30/10/2012 : 13:45:17
Gla to hear it x |
| waggster |
Posted - 30/10/2012 : 12:20:12
Thanks everyone. So far looks like she just had an off moment trying to get her jaws re aligned. All ok now :) |
| Donnie |
Posted - 29/10/2012 : 20:59:33
You may be right Georgina, the OP's use of 'twitching' may be just that and not twitching in the sense I imagine |
| Georgina |
Posted - 29/10/2012 : 20:53:26
i was thinking more flicking rather than twitching maybe trying to flick it make in place x |
| Donnie |
Posted - 29/10/2012 : 20:48:13
quote:
Originally posted by Georgina
sounds like her jaw didnt go back properly. personally i would have a look but if you have no knowledge of these things i would let her digest and then pop her to the vets x
Agree completely with the looking at the mouth for maybe a hooked tooth or substrate stuck in there but not sure why that would cause twitching and that was the part that would make me take a trip to the vet. |
| Georgina |
Posted - 29/10/2012 : 20:07:33
sounds like her jaw didnt go back properly. personally i would have a look but if you have no knowledge of these things i would let her digest and then pop her to the vets x |
| Donnie |
Posted - 29/10/2012 : 19:48:41
Personally I think a trip to the vets should be in order. Twitching is never normally a good sign and even if it turns out to be nothing I would rather be safe than sorry. |
