A Fake Plant Injured My Snake 

I’m so sorry this happened and that he regurged! He is very lucky to have an owner who cares so much about him and took care of him as soon as you noticed something wrong. This is just a head’s up to all of us to be super careful what we put in with our animals! I’m so glad Casper is okay!

Wow that's a scary situation. I know we have to be careful about any kind of holes or openings that snakes can get caught in, but I probably wouldn't have thought anything of those plastic chain links, so thanks for the warning. And ball pythons are particularly susceptible to that, with the small head and thick body they easily fit their head thru, then the thicker body gets caught.

Poor guy. I’ve never used fake plants from an arts and craft store but if I start to do that, I’ll make sure there’s no chain in them. Thanks for the tip.

I was feeding all of my snakes, my Woma Python dropped his rat, and when he grabbed it again he accidentally picked up his fake plant as well. I was feeding my other snakes so didn’t notice at first, but when I got back to him he had a lot of it in his mouth trying to take it down with the rat. I had to dunk his head in his water bowl to get him to drop the rat and the plant, obviously far from ideal but I’m glad that I did as it could’ve ended up with a major blockage. And I’m super careful in keeping any fake plants away from any of my snakes eating now.

glad everyone is ok!!

Thanks 👍

Thanks for sharing ,,, huggs

Aaawwwww poor baby! Don't feel bad though you are human and we do make mistakes. I'm so happy he's okay

Scary! Glad he's okay. My BEL got too excited during feeding time and clamped down on the leaf of a plastic plant and has a death grip on it. Every I tried to tug he was like "still alive... must constrict!" eventually I cut off the leaf and was able to get the fake leaf out in pieces... yeesh... what an ordeal... and he still ate that night.

Completely unrelated, but I adore your jewelry! I always wonder where you get it from! You have a great sense of style.

This is a lesson I had to learn the hard way with my Ball python as well. Never put anything with holes they can fit their heads through that they can't fit their biggest part of their bodies through. They don't know how chubby their own bodies are

Glad the noodle is ok. Mine got stuck between the slats under the handrail going upstairs. One of the others decided to try to slide between the edge of the swing door and the side of the cage. Full panic both times. little turds. Lol I bet he has slithered through that a thousand times as a sub-adult, and finally got too big. Glad you got to him. Glad his little ribs didn’t break. Hopefully, once you allow time for his throat to heal from the regurgitation, he will eat again for you.

Awww poor Casper I’m glad he’s better. 🧡

i had this exact plant in my bp's enclosure when she was a teeny baby and she got stuck in the little link too! luckily i noticed right away bc she was so small but i took all those out and just put them around them house instead bc it wasnt worth the risk.

Poor Kasper (Casper?)! Because of this video I just added a new item to my monthly maintenance task reminder, which had read to check all of their equipment such and bulbs, misters, hosing and clean and maintenance them. Now it has an item to check over all the decor and the habitat itself for signs of wear and possible safety risks. And I think I am going to remove the suction cups that mount zip ties for plants entirely because I now realize they could pose the same issue you just had.

Wow Tricia this is such an awesome video I love it.😃👍❤️

Thanks for sharing! I’m glad you were able to get it off the little guy. I had to get rid of the bioactive setups for my geckos because of a gnat infestation. I was planning to keep them in an all plastic setup to avoid those damn things but I’ve noticed my gargoyles have started barely climbing and have become less active. I’m now setting them back up in bioactive setups. Hopefully their activity level goes back up and those damn gnats stay away

omg I'd be freaking too we have to be soon careful poor Casper. glad he okay now !! he so beautiful .awww ..I know this stressed you alot !!be getting my enclosure next wk think I be doing reg. reptile plants after seeing this how scary !!

Oh no I’m glad he’s okay ❤

Where do you live? I feel like I hear the thunder in every video 😅

Do you have a hognose, someone told me the permit is $50 in the State of Illinois