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Several months ago (must be around 5 months?) my albino corn snake Seraphim sustained a mouth injury when one of my long hairs somehow got wrapped around his lower jaw. He then crawled under his hide rock and I didn't notice it until days later after the damage was done. At the time, ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
rialian removed the hair, and later I took Seraphim to the vet where they treated him with antibiotics and force fed him. Thus began months wherein I had to help him eat and shed. I would offer him food but he would refuse it consistently, and didn't even give any indication that he was interested in it. I may as well have been offering him a shoelace. So ok, my redtail boa Wednesday would be happy to eat a shoelace if it was offered to her, but Seraphim is a relatively intelligent, native colubrid, so he can tell the difference. I was just about resigned to force feeding him for the rest of his life (which could last about 15 years). The prospect of force-feeding a snake for 15 years was rather discouraging. But as it turns out, I won't have to! He chose to eat by himself for the first time since the injury the day we returned from camping. That was a relief. He was beginning to be extremely miffed with me, and I'm sure that wouldn't have improved with time.
rialian removed the hair, and later I took Seraphim to the vet where they treated him with antibiotics and force fed him. Thus began months wherein I had to help him eat and shed. I would offer him food but he would refuse it consistently, and didn't even give any indication that he was interested in it. I may as well have been offering him a shoelace. So ok, my redtail boa Wednesday would be happy to eat a shoelace if it was offered to her, but Seraphim is a relatively intelligent, native colubrid, so he can tell the difference. I was just about resigned to force feeding him for the rest of his life (which could last about 15 years). The prospect of force-feeding a snake for 15 years was rather discouraging. But as it turns out, I won't have to! He chose to eat by himself for the first time since the injury the day we returned from camping. That was a relief. He was beginning to be extremely miffed with me, and I'm sure that wouldn't have improved with time.
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The older one (the mom) was the cleaner upper, and the daughter was the "talk to the reptiles and give them attention" person. I think it was she who caused the breakthrough. She loves reptiles, and I guess that's the strongest magic of them all...