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I just soaked my burm to help get some leftover skin off her tail and when she dried off I took her for a short walk to give her some fresh air when I was walking her I stopped to talk to someone and noticed her throat puffing up, and a lot of clear liquid came out of the snakes mouth. I not sure what it was, but it was pouring out kinda like a water faucet. It was sticky too. Maybe someone on here can tell me whats wrong because I've
never seen anything like it before.

Thanks,
Kyle

First, stop walking your snake around the neighborhood!; its those types of incidents that result in further banning of pet reptiles. The public shouldn't be forced to sharing the sidewalk with you and your snake and negates your efforts to educate them about reptiles. If you want your snake to have some fresh air, do it in your backyard where no one can see you.

Second, it sounds like your snake took a big slurp of water while soaking and the act of walking the snake (never a good idea to handle a snake right after it drinks) put enough pressure to cause the water to come out of its mouth along with a good dose of saliva. Most likely, no harm will come from it.

Rob Carmichael, Curator
The Wildlife Discovery Center
Lake Forest, IL

>>I just soaked my burm to help get some leftover skin off her tail and when she dried off I took her for a short walk to give her some fresh air when I was walking her I stopped to talk to someone and noticed her throat puffing up, and a lot of clear liquid came out of the snakes mouth. I not sure what it was, but it was pouring out kinda like a water faucet. It was sticky too. Maybe someone on here can tell me whats wrong because I've
>>never seen anything like it before.
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>> Thanks,
>> Kyle
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Rob Carmichael, Curator
The Wildlife Discovery Center at Elawa Farm
Lake Forest, IL

actually its the other way around here cuz I dont live in a big town and I know the mayer very well, no complaints yet and I've had her for years but whatever enough of that. The liquid from her mouth could very well be caused by handling her after drinking but then again I didn't handle her exactly after she soaked like the post said sorry about that. I respect your opinion and thanks for the help.
Thanks,
Kyle

It could be a sign of your burm about to regurgitate a non digested meal from up to a few weeks ago. My boa had the same gooey liquid spewing from his mouth and a few minutes later a 2 week old rat came from his mouth in the form of smelly mush.

>>actually its the other way around here cuz I dont live in a big town and I know the mayer very well, no complaints yet and I've had her for years but whatever enough of that. The liquid from her mouth could very well be caused by handling her after drinking but then again I didn't handle her exactly after she soaked like the post said sorry about that. I respect your opinion and thanks for the help.
>>Thanks,
>>Kyle

thanks! It hasn't happened since but you guys could be right.