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I posted this in the Dumeril Forum but thought i'd post here too. Alright short story is i was feeding my snake and she was wayyy too eager and took the thawed out rat before i even stuck it in her feeding tank. Because of this she ate it in her regular tank (i put the feeding tank right in her regular tank during feeding) because the rat was still damp some of the beeding stuck to the rat and she I think she swallowed some. The beeding is reptibark, the pieces aren't that large, maybe nickel size (I think they're aspen, not sure), and she's around 3.5 feet. i was just wondering if this would cause any problems or if likely or not they're just get passed through? Also I someone and they said I might have to worry about the bark getting stuck in her teeth and her getting mouth rot, wondering if anyone knew anything about this happening and what I should do? Thank you

I had a cornsnake take a piece of reptibark down with a mouse, didn't do anything to her. Your Dumerils might handle it differently, but if my runty little 3' snake handled it, I'm sure your Dumerils will be fine.

if there is something still stuck inthere.
if not she swallowed it and i think it will be fine....
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In the wild, there is no one putting them into rubbermaid tubs when they eat. They injest leaf litter, dirt, grass, etc. when they eat without incident. They are capable of taking in an entire rat (bones, claws, teeth) and digesting it. A little piece of bark isn't much to worry about.

Obviously, if you can remove it, you should, but don't panic.
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