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[Helikaon]

Originally Posted by m.punja

can someone go into more detail about tube feeding?

basically you shoudl deffiantley only do it if you have been trained to do it, as accidents can happen. but its basically gettign a substance that can be made into a 50 percent water 50 percent food mix and obviously small enough to pas a small tube like a oesophogeal feeding tube. you then connect the feedign tube to your syringe of liquid food and then prime the tube by pushing food all the way to the end so you are not pumping air into the snakes stomach, you then pass the tube down to its stomach and slowly empty the syringe. you then pass abit of water down after.. you then have to make sure it doens't get regurgitated and aspirated by the snake but often if you jsut give the snake its own it will work itself out.

thats the basics.
pardon the spelling it is alte and i am tired

cheers
H. oh and you obviously want to warm the food as you dotn want to temp shock the snake or burn it so yes again only if you have been trained i cant empahasize that enough) if it needs to be done you should take it to your vet.