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25-Aug-06, 10:23 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Central Coast | | |
Hi Guys,
This might sound like a stupid question...but do your snakes yawn a lot??
I have a 5month old DP (he is beautiful) and i take him out at night and sometimes he yawns up to 4 times!
At first i thought this was because he was coming up for a shed, but he shed over the weekend and is still yawning more than once a night?
Is this normal? will he yawn less as he gets older?
Please shed some light... 
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25-Aug-06, 10:28 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: May-06 Location: Brisbane | | | | RE: Yawning??
Yeh they yawn a bit...... U will notice a lot of herps yawn, lizards, snakes, turtles etc. |
25-Aug-06, 10:30 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-06 Location: sydney,city | | | | RE: Yawning??
mine yawns when he has been up late partying
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25-Aug-06, 10:32 AM
|  | Bat, Bat, Batty... Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-06 Location: Adelaide Gender:  | | | | RE: Yawning??
My DP yawns too... it's pretty funny stuff me thinks 
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25-Aug-06, 11:09 AM
|  | The Devils Reject. Subscriber | Join Date: Aug-05 Location: Rugsville..... Gender:  | | | | RE: Yawning??
mine do but not a lot i all ways try and get some pics of them but am all ways to slow.
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25-Aug-06, 11:11 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-04 Location: Wagga NSW Age/Gender: 25 | | | | RE: Yawning??
Snakes will "yawn" after they have eaten to put their jaws back into place. Apart from that I don't see mine "yawn" much at all.
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25-Aug-06, 11:12 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Central Coast | | | | RE: Yawning??
the first time i saw him yawn it scared the hell out of me...till i realised what he was doing
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25-Aug-06, 12:38 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jul-06 Location: Newcastle Gender: | | | | RE: Yawning??
Yeah my MD yorns!! (Not that often) its cool to watch..... Grab a camera and show us him showing off!!! :mrgreen: |
25-Aug-06, 12:43 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Central Coast | | | | RE: Yawning??
i'll try tonight
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25-Aug-06, 12:44 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-06 Location: Melbourne | | | | I've seen my female DP yawn a few time...god it's cute. I never knew snakes yawned.
I think that they yawn (and humans too) when they need more oxygen (maybe the air in their enclosures is a bit stangnat) - thats my theory anyway. |
25-Aug-06, 02:03 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Townsville Age: 23 | | | Wow i have never seen my girl yawn at all Our Old herp Princess used to after a feed but that was it
Maybe he is just bored?? 
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25-Aug-06, 02:11 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Nov-03 Location: Melbourne, Australia Gender: | | | I've found mine will do it more commonly when they sense food about. Seems weird, but it's as if they are preparing for the big gulp down  It's only very occasionally I have seen them doing it outside of this. Just my own observations |
25-Aug-06, 02:15 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Apr-06 Location: In A Realm Of My Own | | | i see mine yawn if i have them out a bit before the sun comes up
maybe they do it because they are getting tired
i know what ya mean the first time mine yawned and i was holding him i was expecting a tag
however my female jungle looks like she is yawining but you have to be carefull with her as i think she is trying to measure up my fingers as she as got me a few times by a yawn then latching on
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28-Aug-06, 01:20 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Central Coast | | | | getting a photo of a snake yawning wasnt as easy as i thought, he yawned 4 times when i had him out over the course of about 3-4 hrs and i only got one photo! and it was blury cause i was in a rush to get it!
ill try again later.
he is only young, could that be a reason? it cant be stagnat air cause he only does it when he is out of his enclosure
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28-Aug-06, 04:25 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: The Netherlands | | | Don't feel alarmed by the yawning becsta.
It's a totally natural thing for them to do.
Only be alarmed if you see that the inside of the mouth isn't as nicely pink and clean as it should be.
The yawning itself can't do any harm, infact i love it when they do so , gives me a great opportunity to take a peek at their health ( saves a lot of trouble and stress prying there mouths open to take a checkup look )
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