Need help ASAP. Ingested substrate.

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I went to feed my ball python a pinkie rat and I had recently switched out her substrate from paper towels to eco earth because I heard it was better at retaining humidity. So when she was eating the mouse, stupid me forgot about the dangers of her getting a mouthful of the substrate, and she did.

She seemed to have trouble swallowing so I gently moved her to a quarantine container to watch her and she has a mouthful of the eco earth. She seems to be having trouble swallowing it and it almost seems as if it's stuck in her mouth. :( Please help I don't know what I can do.
 
Drache613

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Hello,

Sorry to hear that happened! I am not sure, as that has never happened to me.
You could attempt to pry her mouth open with a spatula & moisten a few swabs to see if you can
try & clean out her mouth. Do you have anyone that can help you with that?

Tracie
 
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Thank you for the quick response. :)

Ok I think she has swallowed it all, I helped clean the rest out with a Q-Tip. But will she be ok? Will she get impacted or anything?
 
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Yes, I also use long Tongs since she gets a bit nippy during feeding time. Actually last week/feeding time she actually completely missed the mouse and coiled around the tongs itself Lol.

Thankfully she seems to be doing fine now. :) I Just got worried because she got an entire mouthful of the substrate and she seemed to be slithering backwards with her mouth open so I went and tried my best at cleaning the substrate out with some Q-Tips.
 
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Hello,

Ok, great, so she is doing better now? That's good to hear. At least she got some of it down
& you were able to clean the rest out of her mouth, too. :D
Did she hold down her food also?

Tracie
 
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Yes, she is doing great, she did keep her food down and hasn't seemed to show any more problems. :D View media item 60474 Her just enjoying her tank lol.
 
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Hello,

That was my concern, her keeping her food down. I'm glad she didn't have any issues with that
then, from having problems with the substrate, etc. :D
Great, it sounds like she is fine now.

Tracie
 
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Yeah I am glad too. :D she seems to be doing good. :)
 
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