Hello –



I don’t much want to get in the middle of the debate about should you or shouldn’t you be prying open all your snakes’ mouths on a regular basis. However, I would note that using a pen risks damaging the delicate oral mucosa. So my two suggestions for a safer alternative instrument would be either a small cheap rubber kitchen spatula or a speculum designed for this purpose (like one of these sold by The Bean Farm).



-Joan







>>I admit that a pen isn't the best thing to use, but in the absence of a syringe, well . . . it's better than a Q-tip.

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>>Well, maybe I'm still in that over-protective/paranoid phase of snake ownership. I only got my first snake a year and a half ago, and I'm really afraid of not catching an RI quickly enough. I do get them put on meds because I'm not sure how much to warm up the cages/what humidity needs to be at for them to get better, if I thought everything was okay before.

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>>-Irish

>>My Snakes

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