Will she be able to digest a piece of tissue if she has swallowed a whole piece of tissue during feeding?
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My Hog has swallowed a piece of tissue!
angelo
Oct 22, 2006 02:15 AM
Replies (3)
althea
Oct 22, 2006 09:04 PM
More information, please. How big is your snake, and define "tissue"? Do you means like a facial tissue/kleenex?
Snakes often pass small pieces of substrate ingested while feeding. However, a large amount of anything that cannot be digested has the potential to cause blockage.
rgds,
althea
angelo
Oct 22, 2006 11:23 PM
She' s about 2 feet long. Yes, a facial tissue.
Thanks,
angelo
Colchicine
Oct 26, 2006 07:26 AM
I guess you are owed a response. Hopefully your hog is doing fine. Chances are it will partially breakdown (not digest) the tissue and pass it. If it was a tissue with additives such as aloe or antiviral, look for neurological changes that might indicate toxicity.
Otherwise, it should be clear to you that it is better for the animal to feed it in a container with nothing in it that it can't eat. They have strong, and clumsy, feeding responses and you can't expect to control their motions.
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