Concerned over corn

I am new to snakes. I have always wanted one, but hubby didn't agree until recently. I got a corn. I named him (or her) Sethra.

Seth has never had problems eating. I fed him thawed pinkies until the last time I tried a couple of live ones. He ate 2 pinkies, but I think he had problems with the second one. It looked to me that he had it backwards. Now it looks like his jaw is not straight.

I don't know what to do for the poor guy. He thrashes his head around trying to put it back in.

Should I give him a thawed pinkie? Any help would be appreciated.

This sounds like this JUST happened. I wouldn't worry about it at all, if I were you. Eating comes very natural to snakes and there certainly is no harm in a snake eating prey backwards. It sounds like you snake just stretched his jaws a bit swallowing the meal, but that will straighten up fine in a short period of time.

Of course I am assuming that there is nothing more to this than what you have described.

Thanks for the quick response!!

It happened 2 days ago. I have been concerned because last night when I got him out, he was opening his jaw, and I could see that it was still not straight.

If he just needs to work it out, how long will it take? I have not check him today, I wanted to get some additional information before I did.

Actually I would just leave him alone. Just as there is in plants, there is such a thing as 'benign neglect.' I don't see how the snake could have injured himself just by eating a meal as you described. Of course, you could take him to a vet, and get charged $35 to have him/her tell you that there is nothing wrong with the snake. And if that is worth the peace of mind to you, then by all means do so. But I have found corn snakes to be amazingly resilient and believe that in most cases leaving them alone is the best course of action.

Good luck!

Thank you! I needed to clean out the habitat this evening, and Seth is fine. His jaw did indeed go back into place.

I am planning on feeding him tomorrow.

Thanks for all your help and patience with this newbie here!

Tiffany