How long can a normal, healthy 8 week old kitten survive inside an adult python? URGENT?

Question

I am fairly certain that the python did not chew much. I also do not want to damage the python much.... what is the best strategy for rescuing the kitten?

Answer 1

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It's probably ok - a healthy adult cat can survive for up to a week inside a python, so a kitten will be fine for around 3-4 days. Try this at home if you think I'm wrong. Maybe longer if you punch airholes in the side of the snake.

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Asker's Comment:

The airhole Idea was a good one.

Answer 2

is the python alive? i don't think a cat can survive that long without an air supply. good luck!

Answer 3

call an exotic pet vet asap!

Answer 4

karate chop to the head... it's the only way.

Answer 5

your cat id dead sorry

Answer 6

Pythons typically constrict any prey before swallowing it - I don't think there's anything you can do.

Sorry.

Answer 7

take it to a vet now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and they kitten wont last 4 hours becuase the snake will digest it!!!!!!!

Answer 8

i don't think the kitten can survive being suffocated and u'd have 2 cut thepython open 2 get the kitten out.

Answer 9

kill the python to rescue the kitty

what the heillllll did you feed your kitty to a stupid freaking snake or soemthing????? maybe the snake will eat you while you are asleep one night, that sounds like a good idea.

you are a loser, and dont worry, something bad will happen to you eventually for killing a cat

Answer 10

I have the feeling that mixing the two was not a good idea. The snake didn't know the kitten wasn't dinner. I believe, that a python actually strangles it's prey before it swallow's it. I could be wrong, but I think I'd be on the phone to the vet right now or cutting open the snake. Your options are very few.

Answer 11

cut thedarn python open u idiot!!!!

Answer 12

maybe try to massage the kitten out but i would go for a vet or stick ur hand in the mouth and pull it out but hurry cus it mite not be able to breath

Answer 13

GET OFF THE NET AND CALL THE VET!

Answer 14

pythons will not swallow prey till the heartbeat stops I am afraid your kitten was doa. They totally strangle their prey to death before eating.

Answer 15

to late.....if it did'nt suffacate then once it hit the stomch acid it's over....sorry, go get another kitten

Answer 16

You are cracking me up! Do people really think that if your cat was stuck in your snake, you would take the time to post a question to the Internet?

Have fun and good luck! :)

Answer 17

Use the cleaver, NOW!

Answer 18

get it to a vet hospital ASAP. you might have to cut the snake open. i have no idea how long but you should be definitely calling someone with actual experience in the veterinarian field. its not good when your reaction is to go to Yahoo! Answers.. get that cat some help quick!

Answer 19

HA HA YOUR PUSSY'S SCREWED THE DAMN THING DIED DUMBASS.

Answer 20

call chuck norris he can handle any situation like this....but no really the cat is a gonner sorry for your loss

Answer 21

Pythons do not chew, they swallow whole, them squeeze. If the kitten has been swallowed, you can't rescue it without hurting the python, and as you posted this 3 min.'s ago, the kitten is most likey dead from no oxygen by now.

Answer 22

Shes more than likely gone, Im sorry

Answer 23

Did your python swallow your kitten? Geez, ever heard of separate pet homes (i.e., reptile cage and litter box). Umm.. back to your question. I don't think your kitten will survive, unless you can get it out, not by excretion.

Answer 24

why the hell is python near a kitten for the love of GOD
the kitten is now dead are you happy why are there idiots out there.........

Answer 25

kill the python i would care about the kitten cut the python up but cut it at the neck first

Answer 26

why is a ******* cat in the ******* snake in the first place

just let the ******* cat die

Answer 27

i hate to tell you this but they constrict, swallow and when they swallow the stomache acids come into play so most likely that kitten is dead unless you get the kitten out right after it eats it, by doing that you chop the pythons head off and cut it open its gonna be kinda hard to cut the skin

Answer 28

Cat's dead.. get another one. And next time don't mix and match the two together.

Answer 29

kill the snake, i don't like them but rescue that poor kitten before he die!!!!!

Answer 30

not very long!
u either cut off the head & pull the kitten out, let it die,
or emiedatly take the snake to the hospital or vet!

Answer 31

Supposing the cat wasn't dead after being suffocated by being squeezed before being swallowed. I would guess that on the outside the small cat could stay alive for about 5 minutes in the oxygen free environment of the snake's stomach.

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