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    Regurgitated meal

    Was in my snake room a few minutes ago and heard this weird noise and look in my corn snakes cage and see it regurgitated its mouse that it ate 5 days ago. Am a little freaked out right now worry if the snake is ok.
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    Re: Regurgitated meal

    Bumping this so hopefully someone with regurge xp will chime in.

    From what I've heard, snakes usually regurge when they are nervous or possibly a drastic temp change after a meal. I could be wrong and would default to someone with experience with regurges as I have none.

    Hopefully your snake will be ok.
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    I'm having a very hard time believing that it regurged after 5 days. After that long the meal should have been digested almost fully. What did it look like and smell like? A regurge smells like road kill that has been in the hot sun for a couple days. It's absolutely horrid and nearly unbearable.

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    Many things could cause this.
    Stress
    Temps off
    Prey was to large
    Fight or flight response

    Your snake should be fine but make sure that your heat source is correct and nothing is off in it's habitat. Wait 10 to 14 days before feeding again and when you do feed use a prey item that is half the size of it's regular meal. I would leave you snake be during this time as well.

    Shortly after I got my gtp I had a regurg 4 days after a feed. It was rank and messy. I think it was just stress from the move but following the steps above she did fine afterwards and is doing great today.
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    Re: Regurgitated meal

    Quote Originally Posted by Foschi Exotic Serpents View Post
    I'm having a very hard time believing that it regurged after 5 days. After that long the meal should have been digested almost fully. What did it look like and smell like? A regurge smells like road kill that has been in the hot sun for a couple days. It's absolutely horrid and nearly unbearable.
    Agreed, are you 100% sure is a regurge?


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    Re: Regurgitated meal

    For sure it was a regurgitation cause i seen it come out and it was a small white clump of mush that smelt horrid. The temps are the same as always and nothing has changed in its cage. Seems to be doing good since.
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    Re: Regurgitated meal

    I had a regurge after 5 days as well and I am basically following the advice listed above. I waited two weeks to feed, made sure the temps were right and provided additional hides. If all holds well I will take her out tomorrow to check on her and see if she is ready to go back on a 7 day feed schedule. Good luck, I hope the advice above will help us both
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    Quote Originally Posted by sshook2000 View Post
    For sure it was a regurgitation cause i seen it come out and it was a small white clump of mush that smelt horrid. The temps are the same as always and nothing has changed in its cage. Seems to be doing good since.
    In that case don't feed again for a week and offer something a bit smaller than usual. Don't mess with the snake between now and then. Give it time to recoup.

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