Baby Ball Feeding. (Bark swallowed)

[Atmos]

Hello guys and gals, recently got a baby yellow belly male and he has been eating so well, i noticed he ate a little piece of reptibark with his meal. Just want to know if I should be concerned. Here is a video me and a mate made of him eating and where he ate the piece of bark. Njoy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlQdSTy ... e=youtu.be

[Vinzy]

You should feed him outside his enclosure from now on. Feed him in a separate tub with no substrate or newspaper, a lot safer.

[Atmos]

Ty Vinzy, Its my first snake and I have done extensive research on when to touch them after feeding. Will it be fine to just move him directly after consumption into his enclosure from the feeding tub?

[Bushviper]

Yes that is safer. I have seen bark actually get stuck to the intestines of a Macklots python which had to be euthanased by the vet. Rather just get rid of the bark.