Weird regurgitation

Today is feeding day and I fed as usual. I fed one of my breeder female pastels her usual small rats. She struck it aggressively as usual and sucked it down. About 1.5 hours later I fed her another rat pup that was left over. I put the rat in the tub before I realized she had regurged the first rat. She again struck the pup aggressively and sucked it down. A few hours later I checked in her and she had regurged that rat. Nothing has changed in her husbandry and all other snakes at in her rack.....other than the gravid ones. I haven't been pairing her this season other than once a few months ago. Any help would be greatly appreciated. She is acting normally and feces look normal. Thank you.

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Obviously check her heat first to ensure that it's still working.

Otherwise you're dealing with two back to back regurgitations, which isn't good. Wait 3-4 weeks before feeding again and offer something really small. Since she regurgitated the rat pup I would go with a rat fuzzy. If she eats f/t offer it wet to help rehydrate her.

While you're waiting get some NutriBAC from The Bean Farm. It's a powdered reptile probiotic and it will help your snake recover. I usually dust a pinch of the powder on a damp feeder.

If she keeps the fuzzy down wait two weeks and offer again. If she keeps that down wait two weeks and offer her a pup. If all goes well then slowly build her back up to a 10-14 day schedule on small rats.

If she regurgitates again take her to the vet to check for parasites.

Ok thank you. Would it be beneficial to just deworm her now. I have a friend who is very knowledgeable who can assist me with deworming

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Originally Posted by jesst

Ok thank you. Would it be beneficial to just deworm her now. I have a friend who is very knowledgeable who can assist me with deworming

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I would have a fecal done first to ensure you're not dosing unnecessarily. They're not expensive and you don't need an exotic specialist to check for things like hookworms, pinworms, tapeworms, etc. Any vet can either do it in-house or send it to a lab.