help!

Help!

The girlfriends BOA is doing some weird stuff, I'm hoping someone might know what is happening.. Our Female 5 year old BCI is opening her mouth all the way and regurgitating the water she just drank. She's making weezing sounds every few minutes and is moving like she's swallowing in reverse LOL. Oh.. she just threw up the rat we fed her last week... is this normal? we just brought her home last weekend..

Thanks,
chris.

I'd have to say that is not normal at all. Vet trip.

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Originally Posted by LGray23

I'd have to say that is not normal at all. Vet trip.

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Find a vet, specifically one that knows what they are doing with reptiles. That is definitely not normal.

Did you get her from a friend/petstore/craigslist?

We brought her home from the Kitchener Expo, and she's been great since. Her temps are perfect- we've left her completely alone. The humidity has been slightly low at times (40%) so we've been misting in the morning to keep it at 50%+.

Is there any reason she may have thrown up? She used to have hides and doesn't ATM- could that have caused stress? We did buy some kitty litter pans this morning to use but still have to smoothen the edges...

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We brought her home from the Kitchener Expo, and she's been great since. Her temps are perfect- we've left her completely alone. The humidity has been slightly low at times (40%) so we've been misting in the morning to keep it at 50%+.

Is there any reason she may have thrown up? She used to have hides and doesn't ATM- could that have caused stress? We did buy some kitty litter pans this morning to use but still have to smoothen the edges...

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You can smooth the edges with a lighter. I don't think a lack of hides would cause a regurgitation. I'd bring her to the vet asap, could be parasites, could be the beginning of an unknown sickness. Either way, it's not normal in the least.

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Originally Posted by LGray23

You can smooth the edges with a lighter. I don't think a lack of hides would cause a regurgitation. I'd bring her to the vet asap, could be parasites, could be the beginning of an unknown sickness. Either way, it's not normal in the least.

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x2 Vet asap.

But fyi, some boas can be somewhat prone to regurgitation. No matter what the vet finds, you need to not feed her for at least 2 weeks before offering again. If she's 5 years old, she can easily go 3-4 weeks before eating again. Give her plenty of time to recover from the regurge before loading her gut again. And offer a slightly smaller meal to see if she keeps it down.

The symptoms sound like an RI to me, but as Leah said, it could be a number of things and only a qualified herp vet will know for sure. Bump the temps up slightly until you can get her in, but take her as soon as you're able. And keep us posted!

We are making a vet appointment for tomorrow. She just had a pretty wet number two right after. I'm so confused... she's been so great. Now I'm concerned for her boyfriend who was being housed with her before we brought them home...

This isn't just a 'normal' regurge then?

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x2 Vet asap.

But fyi, some boas can be somewhat prone to regurgitation. No matter what the vet finds, you need to not feed her for at least 2 weeks before offering again. If she's 5 years old, she can easily go 3-4 weeks before eating again. Give her plenty of time to recover from the regurge before loading her gut again. And offer a slightly smaller meal to see if she keeps it down.

The symptoms sound like an RI to me, but as Leah said, it could be a number of things and only a qualified herp vet will know for sure. Bump the temps up slightly until you can get her in, but take her as soon as you're able. And keep us posted!

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good advice above. I'd also schedule the male for the vet visit as well if you've been cohabitating. how do you know which one regurgitated? not to worry you further, but generally speaking there is no such thing as a "normal" regurgitation...

either way it does sound rather like an RI. you can search on here for stop-gap procedures to alleviate RI symptoms until you make it to the vet. pay particular attention to any advice given by Skiploder.

I agree with the others. Regurge + diarrhea = vet trip. It may be too late to suggest this now, but if you can, recover some of the feces, put it in a ziploc bag and keep it refrigerated (Not the freezer) so the vet can check it for parasites. Good luck and keep us posted.