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Striking & Hitting Wall of Feeding Container....got hurt?

VegasGhost

VegasGhost

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I know this gets mentioned now and again, and occurs most of the time with no ill affects to the snake...but not this time...I think!?!? I have been trying to get a recently acquired adult male corn to eat, he hasn't eaten anything in three weeks, and he still hasn't eaten anything. I'm not worried about him not eating...nothing out of the ordinary. What I am worried about is when I went to get him out of the feeding container he struck at the walls of the container three times before I got him out. I was looking him over and the lower front part of his mouth is caved in a bit (if he had lips, it would look kinda like the side of his lower lip was slightly caught under his upper lip...like he was nibbiling or biting his lip). He is acting fine with no other problems that are apparent. I just can't figure out what is wrong, I slightly opened his mouth to see if he just caught it on a tooth or something...but didn't find anything out of the ordinary. Just can't figure out what it could be or what I can do to help him out! Anybody have any clues as to what might be wrong and what I can do? Thanks
 
The thing I was going to suggest, you mentioned toward the end of your post. I have seen them get their "lip" caught on their teeth before. Otherwise, I have no clue as to what is going on. Good luck getting him to feed, and figuring out what's going on,

By the way, how is Alaska doing?
 
I was hoping that it was just caught under a tooth, but that doesn't appear to be the case. Maybe I will try to get him to eat a pinkie or two tonight...see if I can get him to eat something and figure out if it is affecting his eating.

Alaska is doing great...so good that she pooped on me, with no warning, the other night when she was just curled up on my shoulder while I was reading a magazine & watching tv. :D She has become one of my favorites, she is so docile....the antithesis of the one I'm talking about in this post, he is a 5 year old devil. I'll send you some recent pics of her since her shed, she is showing some more color.
 
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Well, I tried seeing if he would eat a couple pinkies...just because he hasn't been eating and to see if the dented lower lip/jaw was affecting the feeding, and he ate the two of them but wouldn't take anything more!

But, now I have remembered something else funny. Five of the six times I have tried to get him to eat he has pooped/urinated (only saying this because he hasn't eaten & there was no actual fecal matter) in the feeding container, sometimes on the mice or this time just in the container. What is up with that? None of the others have done that, I just thought it was kinda strange.
 
So apparently the jaw thing isn't interfering with him eating. I don't know what could be going on. Is there any kind of discoloration around the "dent?" Could it be possible that he is starting to develop mouth rot or something?

I guess the only suggestion I can make is to take him to a vet if things don't improve.

As for eating...was he eating F/T before? or live? Maybe he doesn't like the "kind" of food he's getting???

I have some snakes that will poop on the food or in the feeding container every time that they do not eat the offered meal. They don't do it if they are going to eat. It is kind of strange, and I have often wondered why they do it. I honestly haven't a clue!

I'm thrilled to hear that Alaska is doing good. She is DEFINITELY docile. She was always my sweetest snake. I'm glad that you are enjoying her. Is she still eating on her own? Or are you having to force feed her? I look forward to receiving some updated pictures.
 
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