Hello. Sorry if this isn’t the right sublemmy to ask about this, lemmy is still kinda small. But, my pet cornsnake has her mouth open like in the picture, normally it’s closed. I did notice some coconut fiber substrate stuck in her mouth when I fed her 5 days ago. (Also she also ate the mouse butt-first, so maybe the mouse’s tail got lodged or something?)
Problem with my pet cornsnake
Submitted 7 months ago by aldalire@lemmy.dbzer0.com to herpetology@mander.xyz
cabbagee@sopuli.xyz 7 months ago
I won’t be able to help but could you upload the pic again? It didn’t come through with the post.
aldalire@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
Huh. Sorry, I didn’t notice that there was an error with the picture. I edited the post and it should be fixed now.
cabbagee@sopuli.xyz 7 months ago
I don’t really know snakes, but from reading online it might be an injury to the ligaments. Maybe something small like bruising or needing adjustment like this post, maybe worse and needing the vet. Call your vet and ask what to look for. My very inexperienced opinion is if the snake has been like that for days and doesn’t eat when they normally would, it needs a vet appointment. If your snake is moving its jaw at all (yawning, adjusting, etc) then that’s probably a good sign that it’s not serious damage but it still should go in if it’s not eating.