Metal in a mouse...My Poor Festivus

Poor thing!!! Sorry this happened to the poor little guy! Sending prayers your way ~_~.

Beth, I'm so glad he's improving! He's so fortunate to have you to care for him, and to have had a vet who knew his/her business with snake!

This is an odd thing...never heard of it! Hope he does okay.

How's he doing this morning, Beth? I hope his swelling has gone down a lot more!

He still looks about the same, and is still acting like normal. I just hope he eats on Friday! He was on hoppers but I'm thinking of trying a pink so his throat won't have to stretch very much...

That sounds like a good idea. Not stretching a healing incision is bound to be a lot better than stretching it. Too much pain might put him off feeding in the future.

I think I'd be treating him with kid gloves for a year! It sure wouldn't hurt to feed multiple tiny things until you're positive he's completely healed.

But with people, when they've have GI surgery, it's routine to test the next day for a leak, and if there isn't one, they start eating. Even a big surgery like gastric bypass or when part of the esophagus is removed and the stomach pulled up to reconnect- they are eating for sure within a week.

Wow... I'm gonna go get a metal detector and wave it over all my mice... That's just scary!

Originally Posted by starsevol

He still looks about the same, and is still acting like normal. I just hope he eats on Friday! He was on hoppers but I'm thinking of trying a pink so his throat won't have to stretch very much...

Sucks, I cant even imagine how this happened. How a piece of wire/hardware cloth even got on or in a mouse and then lodged in a snake. That's crazy. I hope he does get better, he looks like a pretty cool snake. I would also go ahead and give him another week off of eating. Then give him something pretty small.
Just my $0.02

On Saturday the vet who did the surgery on him said he should be able to eat in 2-3 days, but I'm still waiting til Friday.
I have a huge magnet I'm keeping in the bathroom now, and I plan on passing it over every mouse from now on....

Nanci, the info about people eating so soon after surgery is very encouraging! I just hope he's not afraid of his food from now on.....he was an eating machine until this happened!