Hi,
I have a very small corn snake; I'm unsure of his age as he came to me as a rescue. He's always been a great eater, but today he's having serious problems. I fed him a pinkie about 1.5 hours ago, and he immediately took and began to swallow it feet first. Now, it's basically balled up in his mouth. He cannot close his mouth, and despite working like crazy, cannot get it to go down his throat. I'm really unsure what I should do at this point, but I'm getting extremely worried. This can't be good for him, right? I thought he would just spit it up if he couldn't get it down, but he's still sitting there with it in his mouth and trying very hard to swallow.
Any urgent advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
I have a very small corn snake; I'm unsure of his age as he came to me as a rescue. He's always been a great eater, but today he's having serious problems. I fed him a pinkie about 1.5 hours ago, and he immediately took and began to swallow it feet first. Now, it's basically balled up in his mouth. He cannot close his mouth, and despite working like crazy, cannot get it to go down his throat. I'm really unsure what I should do at this point, but I'm getting extremely worried. This can't be good for him, right? I thought he would just spit it up if he couldn't get it down, but he's still sitting there with it in his mouth and trying very hard to swallow.
Any urgent advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!