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Ok I know I am asking to get yelled at for asking this but, what reasons would a ball not flick its tongue? I took him to the only "reptile" vet around here, the next closest is about 2 hours away, and he checked him out and said he was fine. He told me that some albinos dont have tongues, but that sounds like BS to me. Any ideas would be helpfull.
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"I'm your Huckleberry"

Does it have a tongue that it's not using or is it without a tongue all together? Sometimes if they get dehydrated the tongue will stick to the inside of it's mouth. It could be possible it lost it's tongue (feeding accident?). First step is to find out if it's there.
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Tosha
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I am actually looking for my magnifying glass now, I cant even see my large females tongue while its in her mouth and she has no problem flicking hers. I wish the albinos mouths weren't so uniform lol. But I will find out and let you know. Now the feeding accident sounds plausible, he ate live before.
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"I'm your Huckleberry"

Strange enough I couldn't find a tongue. But I am gonna add some electrolites to his water anyway just to be sure. Thats the last time I order from some one I have never heard of.
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"I'm your Huckleberry"

I have seen two cases where a hatchling had a tongue but was unable to "get it out". In one case, the hatchling eventually was able to get the tongue out but only after quite a long time of assist feeding.

I was told it's a calcium deficiency but I'm not so sure.
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Jay A. Martin
Jay Martin Reptiles

Now that is interesting. I wonder if injecting rodents with calcium would help. I looked in his mouth again and I thought I saw a tongue off to the left of the glottis (my left so his right) but I am cursed with only two hands. I have a friend coming over tomorrow who can hold him for me while I look a bit more throughly. I really hope I don't stress him too much.

Thanks
Eric
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"I'm your Huckleberry"