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Mouth problem.

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I got distracted while cleaning her tank, and left her with an open cage for an hour, when I came back I found her underneath the tank stuck to the UTH. the UTH has a sticky end and she managed to get onto it. I tried moving the tank, but its a 30 gallon tank and it wasnt level, so it created some problems, such as having the tank tilt on one side. and the side that tilted was the one she was stuck on. She got squished even harder into the UTH and she now was hissing and what now, I put the tank back how it was and I unplugged the UTH, and move the wire around the tank and lifted the terrarium and pulled her out. It was even worst as her mouth and eye were on one side and the other side was stuck to the tape. I got a spray bottle and started spraying away (as it was closest) the water was a little cold and she started pulling away and even started constricting the chair that was right next to her. I sprayed enough that she pulled herself out of the tape and she did not lose any scales, but I noticed her jaw was mishaped, as she probably tried to bite the UTH when the tank nearly squished her, and now her jaw is detached and she isnt re-attaching it. I'm also worried about her eye. She is roaming her tank right now and looks fine, but her jaw isnt aligned at all, and she is bumping into things. I'm really worried that I may have broken her jaw or something.

She was born last july and is about 26" long, if that helps.
 
I'm sorry I have no words of advice but I do hope everything turns out okay! good luck!
 
John, I have had snakes do that. I would give her a day or two and I bet she will realign her jaw. I think sometimes they get pulled too far out of place or maybe get a little swollen and they have a hard time getting back. I would not panic at this point. Don’t feed her and just let her have some rest.

Any problems with the skin and scales will probably correct themselves with the next shed.

Good luck.
 
this has happened to mine blaze(my snake) got stuck on tape and after i got it off it was always resting the right side of its face on something. its jaw aint right because wen it trys to eat it opens its mouth like 2mm and stops because of this clicking noise it any time it opens it mouth it makes the noise and it aint eaten for about 5 days now and its only 2 months old any ideas wat to do??

thanks
 
Go to a vet. They're the professionals. IMO, I think your snake will be realign her jaw sometime, perhaps after her next feeding or so.
 
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