Hognose ate paper bedding

ngav3 · 09-17-17, 06:11 PM

While eating a piece of tilapia, my 11 year old male western hognose accidnetally ate a piece of paper bedding about half the size of his head. Will he be fine?

**EL Ziggy** · 09-17-17, 07:37 PM

If his temps are dialed in and he has fresh water he should be fine. I've never had any issues with a little bit of ingested substrate.

pet_snake_78 · 09-17-17, 07:55 PM

Ya but if you're worried feed it on a plate or plastic piece and use shorter pieces so it wont drag them around as much before swallowing

SerpentineDream · 09-17-17, 08:48 PM

They eat little bits of dirt, leaf litter, small twigs, etc. in the wild along with their prey so I wouldn't be too concerned unless it was very large. Paper bedding will probably be digested along with the fish or passed when he poops. My crew sometimes get a little piece of aspen bedding along with a rodent. If it's sticking out of their mouths I'll try to pluck it out with the feeding tongs but even when I can't they've been none the worse for wear.

jjhill001 · 09-18-17, 02:02 PM

99.99% chance its fine unless it was like plastic like paper. But most people use paper towels or newspaper.

**Andy_G** · 09-19-17, 06:18 AM

Guessing this was carefresh. Will be fine!