Help! IDK whats going on!

[SS4Luck]

Ok so i got Thor from the herp world expo on the 8th, found out he hadnt eaten in 10 days and fed him on the 9th. I was going to get another fuzzy for him yesterday but had an exam run late and couldnt make it and i know a day wont hurt him so i was going to wait till today, and then ehre is what i woke up to



what i dont udnerstand is he has poo'd, like a large goodsize one, since i fed him this... does this mean his fuzzy was too big and he needs a mouse hopper?

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[jason79]

What are you temps? and how do you check them?

[SS4Luck]

What are you temps? and how do you check them?

88-89(hot) 76-80(cold)during the day and 86-87 at night, humidity always between 55-65%. Air temps in the tank are 85-90

I have a thermometer in the tank which i check once or twice a day with a infrared to make sure its ok.

[dr del]

Hi,

First things first - after 8 days in a boas stomach there really shouldn't be anything like that left.

Are you REALLY REALLY sure he ate it in the first place or didn't bring it back up the same night?


dr del

[jason79]

Sounds like temps are good. did you Handel him right after feeding? how long after he ate the rat did he regurge it?

[SS4Luck]

Hi,

First things first - after 8 days in a boas stomach there really shouldn't be anything like that left.

Are you REALLY REALLY sure he ate it in the first place or didn't bring it back up the same night?


dr del

i am 200% sure he ate it, its hard to miss the squeals or a rat pup when a boa hits it, and then i watched to make sure he ate it cuz he tried to eat it tail first before re adjusting and taking it head first. I have a bunk bed and i watched and took pictures of the whole thing from the top bunk out of view. His tank is in my room, like 3 ft from my bed and i check it every day to make sure and i know for a fact this is fresh because i changed his water yesterday

Sounds like temps are good. did you Handel him right after feeding? how long after he ate the rat did he regurge it?

He was only handled for the first time three days ago (Saturday) which would have been 4 or 5 days after the feeding

[dr del]

Ok,

That's kind of worrying then.

It looks as though virtually no digestion has taken place - I'd normally have expected it to start rotting inside and cause major problems after 8 days.

I would triple check your temp equipment and get the temp where the snake has been spending its time.

And to be honest I'd be putting on a vet appointment and PM or emailing al the big boa breeders I could think of for advice in the meantime.

No body else might have tried to feed it or anything I take it?


dr del

[jason79]

I agree with dr del that rat doesn't look like it was eaten 8 days before the regurge. It should have been digested more I would think after 8 days.

[SS4Luck]

no my parents are both deathly afraid of snakes and stay out of my room because they are in there. He kicks it the whole time over his heating pad which is the first thing i check every morning when i wake up and its always a solid 87.X-88X degrees.

I have an appointment in a few hours so hopefully he hangs on until then

[SS4Luck]

the onyl thing i noticed was weird with him was that he didnt move around much if at all. but i chalked that up to stress since he was smashed into a corner kinda like a BP would. He was responsive though so i didnt think anything of it