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I have a female BP about 2.5 years. I fed her a live medium rat about 3 days ago. She is a picky eater and will not eat f/t only live. I left the rat in over nite and she ate it. I was just inspecting her today and notice her mouth doesnt seem like it is lining up correctly. Her "lips" in the front of her mouth are not meeting. She also has some mucus secreting from her mouth. I used a q-tip to open her mouth to look for mouth rot and found no signs, but she practically "drooled" on me. The rest of my BP in the rack seem fine, and they are not being cooled so I see no signs of RI. Any ideas?
-Josh

Having fed a live rat, somehow it may have caused some irritation inside the oral cavity whether it be a claw scratch, or a bite. Also, the possibility of having substrate or other foreign body in the oral cavity can contribute to the salivation. In both cases you'll probably notice inflammation as well.

Brandon

Never leave live prey alone with a snake espically overnight , the rat could have bitten your bp or who knows what happened , thats why its important observe your snakes during feeding time to make sure the kill and eat their prey in a very short time of if they dont remove the prey item bp class 101 .

OK, well i fed mine a live mouse once, and he sat in is ball position with his head up through the middle! not in it! out of it! ok, well mine had an upperespotory infection. is that how you spell it? well, what happened was when the mouse was going down, it was still alive in his mouth and it bit him. I reccomend taking him to the docter.

Hope this helps!!!

Aaron