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Cazador · 10-26-2006, 04:24 PM

Hi Squish, and welcome to the forum.
I don't know if this applies to your snake's jaw problem, but snakes make "yawning" motions to reset their jaws after they dislocate them to swallow something large (or presumably dislocate it during a struggle). Their jaws look somewhat askew before doing so. Hopefully that's all that happened when he was in the web. If you ever have to force-feed an ill snake, they sometimes fail to reset their jaws promptly, and it makes them look a bit odd for a while. I'd offer him small (1/2" to 1") segments of a worm at two day intervals until he eats or another week has passed. If this is the case, it'll reset its jaws on its own after it eats. After your snake accepts a worm segment, continue to feed it as much as it will take for its first meal. It's really hard to offer a better assessment without a good picture and since you just found it.
Rick

P.S. Interesting rescue. His dinner almost ate him!

10-26-2006, 04:24 PM	#3 (permalink)
Cazador Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Alaska, USA Posts: 1,608 Country:	Re: Recued him from a spider web Hi Squish, and welcome to the forum. I don't know if this applies to your snake's jaw problem, but snakes make "yawning" motions to reset their jaws after they dislocate them to swallow something large (or presumably dislocate it during a struggle). Their jaws look somewhat askew before doing so. Hopefully that's all that happened when he was in the web. If you ever have to force-feed an ill snake, they sometimes fail to reset their jaws promptly, and it makes them look a bit odd for a while. I'd offer him small (1/2" to 1") segments of a worm at two day intervals until he eats or another week has passed. If this is the case, it'll reset its jaws on its own after it eats. After your snake accepts a worm segment, continue to feed it as much as it will take for its first meal. It's really hard to offer a better assessment without a good picture and since you just found it. Rick P.S. Interesting rescue. His dinner almost ate him!