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[kibakiba]

Well, both Tiny and squirt had problems last time. I mist my room daily due to the heater and low humidity here, which I'm sensitive to. I also mist their tanks just to make sure they get enough of it. Even when I do that, they had a lot of trouble. I'd rather have it in there just in case.

I was preparing the babies food and Ember and Snap smelt it and attacked each other (hadn't gotten it near them yet it was sitting in my room thawing) They bit each others mouths. How can I make sure they wont get infected? I have them both separated right now. I know Snap is bleeding a little bit but Ember seems fine. How long would it take for it t start swelling? Both of them are closing their mouths fine right now.

[ConcinusMan]

Oh crap. That's not good. Check them tomorrow. Look for swelling around where their "lips" seal together. It should be a nice tight seal.

Seriously, if they're doing that just by smelling food (not after you've fed them, or during feeding) then I suggest you keep them apart. I've never had them do that unless they just ate or if they were being fed together. They should only be doing that if one has food, or if they smell food on the other one.

I tried to warn you. I hope they'll be OK.

[kibakiba]

Alright. Should I still feed them? and keep them separate? Sorry for all the questions, I just want to make sure I'm not harming them. Funny, I know both of them go wild for fish, but in this case I only had pinkies being cut up for them. We got extra small pinkies in some of our "large pinkie" boxes and I was going to feed the smaller mice to Ember and Snap and feed the smaller ones to the others. The concinnus are almost double the size of Runt now

[kibakiba]

No signs of swelling for Snap or Ember, however, Ember is having a bit of trouble drinking. He was pretty thirsty and had his head in the water dish for a while, but right after he slithered away from it he promptly spit up a lot of water and opened his mouth a few times and hid under the tree. I figured he probably drank too much at once and had it come up. He went back to the water dish and drank again and only had a small bit come back out.

[ConcinusMan]

Well of course they should be fed. I find that snakes usually don't do very well when you don't feed them.

Sometimes when snakes are really thirsty and they drink too much at once, some comes back out. I wouldn't worry about that. Just watch their mouth area (from underneath). If you see anything out of the ordinary, such as the mouth not closing tightly, then you might have an injury to deal with. Keep a close eye on it over the next few days.

[kibakiba]

I will, I went ahead and let them eat the pinkies. Runt, Ember and Snap had their first ever whole pinkies. Runt had a little trouble with it but both Ember and Snap got it down fairly fast. I also meant since both of them had hung onto each other and Ember made Snap bleed. I didn't know whether the food could be a bad idea with the mouth wound being so new.
Ember was being pretty tame when I was examining his mouth, however, Snap didn't appreciate me looking her over and leaked some poop and musk out all over my arms... Why can't she be as sweet as she was yesterday

[EasternGirl]

I hear you...girl snakes are fickle! Yesterday, Selena let me hold her a few times and she was quite calm about it. Today she hid all day. I was out all day, and when I came home I wanted to see her...so I found her and picked her up. She freaked out and hid from me for the rest of the afternoon. Everytime I came by her enclosure, if she saw me, she'd duck for cover. Later this evening she calmed down and I held her again...but then she decided she was going to make a run for it...so back in her enclosure she went. The girl needs to make up her mind! Lol...

I'm glad that Ember and Snap seem to be okay..even though Ember is having some mouth problems (and Snap is having some pooping on you issues)...I hope that turns out okay.

[kibakiba]

Haha, Snap is a typical woman... I know exactly how she feels. She's definitely a spitfire at times, but sometimes she's a down right sweetheart. I can't imagine having my mouth bitten would make me too happy with someone constantly touching me and trying to see if anything is wrong. If I ever had my mouth bitten, that would automatically put me in a pretty sour mood!

[ConcinusMan]

Just keep a close eye on the underside where the mouth seals. It should be tight. If not you'll have to get some peroxide, and triple antibiotic, and put them paper towels for a while. The inside of the mouth can heal itself just fine usually. But if the mouth doesn't seal tightly, you'll have to keep that disinfected and clean until it heals.

[kibakiba]

I'll have my mom pick up some peroxide just to have it handy. I've been looking them over every once in a while just to make sure. Ember's been opening his mouth a bit, but nothing is swollen from what I can see. I'm probably overreacting with them, but I really love the two of them.