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by KINGRIUS on February 4, 2005
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Happy Friday, y'all. I was wondering if anyone knows why after consuming a meal, some snakes will rub the underside of their mouths and necks on rough surfaces. I know it's not a great question, just wondering is all.
Thanks
Darius
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by bush_viper17 on February 4, 2005
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Its possible that the meal he consumed had mites and the mites probably got under the snakes neck and hes trying to get them off.
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by ALA_herp31 on February 4, 2005
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Hey Darius, another possible reason could be that the Snake got hair hung on its bottom jaw. By rubbing its jaw on rough surfaces, it pulls the hair off. I would think another reason could also be to help realign the jaw after eating, just my opinion. I guess everyone could have their own thoughts on this subject...........Be safe, happy herping, Wally
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by KINGRIUS on February 4, 2005
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Hey fellas. It seems like a pretty routine thing for several of my snakes- my e. king, e. cottonmouth, and my red tail boa scritch their chinny chins on various surfaces of various textures after they finish the swallowing procedure. I guess it's another one of those little quirky things that they do that we may never find a hard and fast answer to. Thanks for your replies and have a fun weekend!
Darius
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by guttersnacks on February 4, 2005
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I think that since they're not the brightest of animals, they are trying to push their food down into their stomachs further. Since they're not geniuses, they rub any part of their body that has to do with the eating process against anything around to settle the food down.
Another thought is that after all that stretching out of the skin around their mouths, when it finally relaxes again, maybe it itches a little, similair to how nerves react in humans when the skin get real dry.
Thought 3, while the train is a rollin, is that in the wild, these animals would be eating food off surfaces very different from a dinner plate, so they're contending with all kinds of debris. Maybe it's a natural motion after eating to free their heads of any loose dirt particles that might have been stuck on during the swallowing process.
Who knows, someone should just ask a snake and clear this all up........
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by KINGRIUS on February 7, 2005
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Interesting thoughts. It may be all of the above. And by the way, Al- I tried the napkin and they acted like it wasn't even there, so I'm not sure about that theory...
Darius
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