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    Re: Wrong worms?

    If possible, have them regurgitate them now. What I do it I will palpate the snakes to find where the end of the worm is. I will carefully push the worms back out of the snakes mouth, this will work if the worms are barely/not digested. Please keep us updated!
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    Re: Wrong worms?

    Quote Originally Posted by Greg'sGarters View Post
    If possible, have them regurgitate them now. What I do it I will palpate the snakes to find where the end of the worm is. I will carefully push the worms back out of the snakes mouth, this will work if the worms are barely/not digested. Please keep us updated!
    Greg, you sound like you have done this before..... why? No offense but this is terrible advice, especially from someone who hasn't been in this that long. If you do this the wrong way, you risk causing serious damage to the snake's internal organs, breaking ribs, as well as when the worms come up, the snake aspirating on the caustic fluids that come up with it.

    Worms break down very quickly. by now they are likely a pile of sticky goo. Which would be really hard for the snake to get out of it's mouth :/
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