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While feeding my 5 month old female Ball last night a few small pieces of aspen bedding got stuck to the rat (slightly damp after thawing), she ended up eating them along with the rat. It's the first time this has happened with any of my animals. Just wondering if I should be worried or very worried. I know it can lead to impaction is there anything I can do? Or should I just wait it out and hope for the best?

Thanks in advance.
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1.0.0 Tangerine Albino Leopard Gecko
1.1.0 Bearded Dragons

Shouldn't be a problem.
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Tosha

"Nihil facimus sed id bene facimus"

7.33.0 Ball Python (Harry and Fluffy and gang)
1.0.0 Angolan Python (Anakin Skywalker)
0.0.1 Green Tree Python (Verdi - yeah I know but my kids love the book)
0.2.0 Feline (Pippen and Pandora)
0.0.1 Desert Tortoise (Pope John Paul aka JP )
2.2.1 Fish (1,2,3,4)
0.0.2 frogs rescued from pool skimmer

Thanks for the info.
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The universe is vast and we are so small.
There is only one thing we can truly control.
Whether we are good or evil.
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1.0.0 Tangerine Albino Leopard Gecko
1.1.0 Bearded Dragons

I've had a friend lose some pretty big burms to injested woodshavings that became impacted in the digestive tract.

Tosha, are you suggesteing that a couple pieces won't make a big difference, but don't let too many get in?

Aspen passes fairly easily through the snake as long as they aren't comsuming mass amounts or large peices. This is one of the reasons why I don't feed my snakes in their cages - except for the few that will only eat there. Yes - they are on Aspen - yes they ingested it on a weekly basis (putting down newspaper does not work they just drag it through the aspen anyways) No I have never had a problem with them backing up. I think this subject has been beaten to death on this form and the concesses has always been that some ingestion happens rarely does it become a problem. The biggest problem is having it stuck in the mouth and creating a sore that festers. Which is why I switched to chipped.
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Tosha

"Nihil facimus sed id bene facimus"

7.33.0 Ball Python (Harry and Fluffy and gang)
1.0.0 Angolan Python (Anakin Skywalker)
0.0.1 Green Tree Python (Verdi - yeah I know but my kids love the book)
0.2.0 Feline (Pippen and Pandora)
0.0.1 Desert Tortoise (Pope John Paul aka JP )
2.2.1 Fish (1,2,3,4)
0.0.2 frogs rescued from pool skimmer

Not tryin' to be weird here, but you'd think with the size bowel movements are in large snakes in general, unless they swallowed 'mucho aspeno' they wouldn't have any problems.

Quig