he choked??????

[enigma200316]

I don't know why his neck would be flat unless the rib like bones on the side were broke, or the muscles are weak and maybe thats why he couldn't swallow....

[enigma200316]

Damn, I'm sorry Josh wish we could have done some thing more.....

[Josh]

i dont know he was fine last night he was my second best eater.
i dint see a lump in his stomach so i figured someone ate his lunch.
so i cut up pieces of rosy. placed it on his shell. i came back later about a minute after and he was by the bowl. so i went to get my camera for another eating sequence. But when i got back i saw a lump in his neck.
so i turned my camera on but there were dead batteries so i went looking for new ones. when i came back he was in the sme position with the food the same in his throat but he ate one more peice. The big piece. So i waited and he still was not moving so i started this thread.

[enigma200316]

how big was he?

[Josh]

just a baby.

[enigma200316]

I'm thinking maybe being that small, that he did do some thing to the bones in the neck, maybe he tried to eat tomuch at once.....hard to say really!!

[Josh]

he was a really good eater to.

[enigma200316]

well maybe James or some one can try and shed some light on this,but I think a vet would have to examine to be sure and theres no point in that
cost.......

[Josh]

yea thats true.
god this week sucks.
why can they just eat like normal snakes

[adamanteus]

Josh, I'm really sorry. What a sh*t week you're having! Was it a piece from a large fish? Maybe with a large rigid bone in it? In this instance the bones can sometimes become lodged in the snakes throat, if they don't swallow them the right way. Really sorry, mate.