_Sam_
Kelsey
Holy crap. I could use some help here. Has anyone ever heard of a snake choking on water before? I heard a loud, deep retching and jumped out of my bed , thinking one of my dogs was about to puke. When I noticed both of my dogs were in my room, staring at me like I was crazy, I ran in to my animal room right across from my room, thinking it was the rabbit...turns out, it was my adult ball python! I had filled his water bowl with fresh water maybe 30 minutes earlier. He is positioned over his water bowl like he had been drinking, but he is thrashing his head around, water, saliva, and bubbles coming out of both his mouth and nostrils. After a few more moments, he seemed totally fine. I got him out and attempted to look inside of his mouth, but he fought me pretty hard. Even though he is a smaller adult, he is so strong and I found myself struggling to restrain him properly. From what I could see, his mouth looked healthy and pink, so I don't think it's mouth rot/infection. I have just never heard of this before. Thoughts? I'm worried about him aspirating and dying from this, but he is acting totally fine now.