HE IS NOW FINE:) -BEARDIE CANT OPEN MOUTH, food stuck in

I was feeding him chunks of strawberry, one of them is still in his mouth and i can see it protruding from his lip a little bit. he keeps licking with his tongue like hes trying ot swallow it but cant. I'm seriously scared hes gonna choke. I tried to open his jaw but didn't want to hurt him. what do i do?? He can't open his mouth it seems, I was wiggling a worm min front of his face and it makes him look lik ehes trying to open his mouth but he cant

He can't fully close his mouth, i think it might be stuck on the roof of his mouth

The lip on the left side won't close all the way, i don't know what swrong with him, ahhh!

Oh my!! Is he better yet??? I think you could use a credit card and slip it in between his lip and get his mouth open, then maybe grab the stawberry?? Let me know how he is!

kcarello":2k9tfdqc said:

Oh my!! Is he better yet??? I think you could use a credit card and slip it in between his lip and get his mouth open, then maybe grab the stawberry?? Let me know how he is!

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Heres a picture of him.

Ok he has opened his mouth a few times in what looks like an attempt to swallow the matter of strwberry. I have a library cried i've tried to use but it didn't work well and I gave up in fear of causing damage to him. Besides the fact that he tries to swallow or lick whatever it is he is acting normal, this probably happened about 15 minutes ago that he got it stuck in
ALSO the red mark on his chin is from strawbery juice

I have found that if I put mine on the counter on a towel and turn her sideways that I can have better control over her, you could try that with the card and see if you could get his mouth open and get it out.

kcarello":2ug63uyj said:

I have found that if I put mine on the counter on a towel and turn her sideways that I can have better control over her, you could try that with the card and see if you could get his mouth open and get it out.

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I badgered him so much without success he was freaking out so i put him back in his cage, should i give him a rest first? poor guy. I was thinking of taking him to a vet but my parents said no way. I called the vet and its like 150 for a visit, maybe ill take him tomorrow it would only be 50 during office hours.

Does he seem to be stessed at all, can he breathe o.k.? If so perhaps by morning he will be fine. If not,,I don't know...never had this problem,,

Is the berry chunk small enough to swallow? Does he drink in the bath? Maybe he could wash it down? Sorry, I'm grabbing at straws here. Good luck!

Esther19":1mq4v90p said:

Is the berry chunk small enough to swallow? Does he drink in the bath? Maybe he could wash it down? Sorry, I'm grabbing at straws here. Good luck!

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Considering he swalled the other chunks I assume it is. He does sometime drink in the bath, hmm I could try that, he just grew out of the container I used to give him baths in though so I don't have anything to bathe him in, unless I use the bath, might gross out my mom, LOL. He is acting fine/normal despite the fact his lip is still open a little. Ill try the bath idea

UPDATE: Giving him a bath now, i'll let you know, problem is he hates baths and tries to crawl out because i need to get him a bigger bath container. Sure hope this helps him get it down!

Do you have anything in a plastic box you could take out and use the box? Or put him in the sink and promise your mom to bleach it?

Esther19":3lcsw9p2 said:

Do you have anything in a plastic box you could take out and use the box? Or put him in the sink and promise your mom to bleach it?

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Hes just sitting in the bath right now, hes actually not trying to climb out surprisingly, but hes not drinkign either, hes just sitting there, argh

So he is breathing okay? Does he seem stressed, or have a black beard?

Esther19":19sf3c7q said:

So he is breathing okay? Does he seem stressed, or have a black beard?

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He's acted normal the whole time except constantly licking his lips

UPDATE: I've been checking on him every minute and I just looked over at him and it looks like he's completely fine now. His mouth is now closed like normal, so I assume he's swallowed the thing? THANK GOD, I was so worried! So I'm not sure what the problem was, so weird, but I'm scared to ever give him strawberrys again

Hallelujah! That's great news! I'd be scared, too! Maybe mash them up? Sure glad he's better. I'd have worried all night. Great job!

Esther19":21ijkbkh said:

Hallelujah! That's great news! I'd be scared, too! Maybe mash them up? Sure glad he's better. I'd have worried all night. Great job!

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LoL I'm kinda mad at him now he's had me freaking out for the last hour! Hahah! I fed him a worm and he ate it and it all looks normal.Thanks for the help!