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#157633
Ballzthebest
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Is this normal? 
when i fed my ball, nyoka something wierd (at least wierd to me) happened. it looked like when it was going down his throat he was bleeding or his throat was just red in the scale gaps when his scales expanded then he started shaking his head and the food slided bit by bit down. afterward he was perfectly fine. is this normal??
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10/08/04 7:21pm
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#157784
Pelota
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Message To: Ballzthebest In reference to Message Id: 157633
Is this normal?
I’m not sure...are you sure it looked like blood? Maybe the skin between the scale rows was pink or red. But if it was blood, I dunno. If it was, I wouldn’t think it’d be anything good, lol. As for shaking the head, I dunno about that also. When my ball is swallowing her meal, she just keeps contracting her muscles and putting her neck in an S shape to push the meal down. Haven’t seen her shake her head..Guess you’ll have to wait for someone more knowledgable. 
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10/09/04 1:06am
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#158475
Herpalot
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Message To: Pelota In reference to Message Id: 157784
Is this normal?
If you feed your snake a large meal then the scales will separate as the snakes throat expands revealing the red or pink underneath. I’ve only seen that from feeding a large meal. If it was blood you would have some evidence of blood somewhere in the tank.
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10/10/04 4:26am
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#158920
Anole:)
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Message To: Herpalot In reference to Message Id: 158475
 Is this normal?
like u guys said, i think it was just the skin in between the scales. as for the shaking, maybe that pinky in perticular might have been i little tooo big. but Nyokas acting like normal curious self so i think shes fine
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10/10/04 11:16pm
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#158921
Ballzthebest
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Message To: Anole:) In reference to Message Id: 158920
 Is this normal?
i didnt realize i was on my sis’s name. that was me
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10/10/04 11:18pm
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#158983
CelticTigeress
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Message To: Ballzthebest In reference to Message Id: 158921
Is this normal?
a snake dislocates to eat they eat roughly 3 times the size of their head... when the meal is a little larger the skin stretches seperating the scales just a bit to give the impression of an injury.... at times reptiles will shift their head to ease the meal down its one reason they eat head first.... so the fur doesnt lift against their throats causing irritation.... just means shes eating bigger then what shes used to its nothing to worry about.....
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10/11/04 1:20am
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#159006
Pelota
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Message To: Anole:) In reference to Message Id: 158920
Is this normal?
A pinky? Pinky mouse or rat? If mouse, then wow, how small is your snake? lol. Most bp’s can take a fuzzy mouse or bigger right as a hatchling. Remember a bp can eat a rodent roughly the same size as the biggest part of their body.
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10/11/04 2:04am
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#159051
SCSnakeman
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Message To: Ballzthebest In reference to Message Id: 157633
Is this normal?
In addition to the other posts, sometimes the prey animal will bleed so you may have seen prey blood.
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10/11/04 7:19am
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#159149
Ballzthebest
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Message To: SCSnakeman In reference to Message Id: 159051
Is this normal?
i meant a fuzzie sry!!!
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10/11/04 12:18pm
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