Baby RTB regurged early yesterday- I've never had a snake do this before.

I just got her on Tuesday and fed her on Wednesday, then she regurged sometime Friday morn/early afternoon. I gave her a hopper mouse, which was the size of her body- if that big, she ate it very easily/quickly and it wasn't noticable inside her.

The floor of her hot side was 91 at the time, however her ambient was 74. Since this happened I installed a metal screen in the top of her sterlite container so I could add an infrared heatlamp, so now her hot side ambient is 88 with the floor at 95.

I guess it could be either of those factors; her being still new to her environment or the ambient temp not being so high?

Also, how long should I wait to feed her again and handle her? Thanks guys.

It's actually probably too hot in there. Your thermometer is probably only getting ambient making it over 100-110 degrees on the floor.

First DO NOT FEED FOR AT LEAST 2 WEEKS. Snakes take a long time to come back to normal after a regurgitate and need to be left alone during this period. If i were you, i would invest in a Infrared Temperature Gun so you know EXACTLY how hot it is on the bottom. I don't see too many snakes regurgitate because it's too cold, they just can't digest the meal.

I have the thermostat thermal-taped to the floor directly on top of her heat pad, under the newspaper. It reads 95 underneath, however when I place it on top of the paper it loses like 5-10 degrees, do you think I should still turn it down?

I will be getting an IR temp gun in the near future as well.

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Originally Posted by steveboos

I don't see too many snakes regurgitate because it's too cold, they just can't digest the meal.

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•Cage temperature. In regurgitation problems the temperature is usually too low to allow prompt digestion of a prey item.

I read that as a possible cause for regurgitation at http://www.petplace.com/reptiles/reg...kes/page1.aspx

I would have thought her temps were too low rather than too high, but its also hard to tell because I should have given her a few more days to acclimate to her new home before I fed her. My Bredli is a much hardier species (naturally enduring a relatively wide range of temperature flux) and a voracious eater, she began hunting the first night I had her.

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Originally Posted by Slyther83

I have the thermostat thermal-taped to the floor directly on top of her heat pad, under the newspaper. It reads 95 underneath, however when I place it on top of the paper it loses like 5-10 degrees, do you think I should still turn it down?

I will be getting an IR temp gun in the near future as well.

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The Thermostat probe should be outside the enclosure, directly touching the heat source. Usually the easiest way is to put it between the heat pad and enclosure. Then your thermometer or temp gun readings should be taken inside the enclosure.
Don't feed again for 14-21 days. This should give you enough time to get the temps fixed and you snake time to recover and adjust.
what are the dimensions of your tub and what size UTH are you using?

15 gallon sterlite, 24X12x12 or so, 10-20gall zoomed UTH

Could be that you didn't allow her enough time to settle in before you fed her.