Regurgitation during shed

hey guys i have a question that im not sure of my ball has been in the process of shed and he hasnt ate in a few weeks. he is about 2-3 months old. yesterday was feed day and as i was feeding my other snakes i decided to try to feed him. he responded with a strick and swallowed the mice in about 5 min (must be hungry). the next morning i walked into to check the snakes before work like alwasy and found a regurgitated mouse in his cage. do you think its because of all the stress during shed? he is about half shed when i fed him. and didnt really exspect him to eat but he did and spit it back up sometime after i left the room. what do yall think

Never had one regurge because of a shed. Regurge is usually temperature, food size, or illness related.

Well first there is a difference between imidiately being spite back out and regurgitation and one is not addressed the same way than the other.

Did the prey show any signs of being partially digested?

If not it was likely spit back out it could be due to size or being startled.

If the prey was partially digested and was regurgitated this morning it can be due to several things, from stress to improper temps to internal parasites.

With a regurgitation you need to wait 2 weeks before feeding again (this is very important)

In over a decade I never had any issue feeding during shed.

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Thanks to both of you. The temps in the cage are perfect he stays in a room that is 78-82 all day with a cool side ranging about the same and hot side never goes abouve 94 thermostat is set to 91. And humidity is normally 60 but bumped it up the past week to about 70-75 to help shed. I did switch his food up a bit I bumped up to fuzzies because pinkies were to small. But with my exsperiance which is not as much as most on here but I would say it wasn't to big for him. My other snakes his size did just fine with the size. The mouse wasn't digested at all I would say. Maybe a spit backk

Fuzzy mice are still to small and hatchling out of the egg will take down a hopper ;)

The only time I ever fed a fuzzy to a BP was to a 29 grams twin.

It's important to feed the right amount at a young age as they have a faster metabolism and need food for growth.

Your temps if you provide a hot spot should be around 88/90

If you do not provide a hot spot mid 80's, 78-82 is not ideal for hatchlings.

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The only time I've experienced regurgitation with my 2 year old bp was when he was in shed. Beyond that he's always been a great eater - I would pay close attention to husbandry before ruling it out but it could be an issue with stress from shedding.

I have another bp around that age and he's taking small mice, moving up to weaned rats as soon as I use up these last few mice, so feed according to the widest point of your guy's belly. However I've also heard that after waiting 2-3 weeks after the regurg, feeding a prey item a size down will help them take.


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Originally Posted by Brandonbeaty

hey guys i have a question that im not sure of my ball has been in the process of shed and he hasnt ate in a few weeks. he is about 2-3 months old. yesterday was feed day and as i was feeding my other snakes i decided to try to feed him. he responded with a strick and swallowed the mice in about 5 min (must be hungry). the next morning i walked into to check the snakes before work like alwasy and found a regurgitated mouse in his cage. do you think its because of all the stress during shed? he is about half shed when i fed him. and didnt really exspect him to eat but he did and spit it back up sometime after i left the room. what do yall think

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You mentioned he was about half shed when you fed him?

So was he in the middle of an incomplete shed?

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Originally Posted by craigafrechette

You mentioned he was about half shed when you fed him?

So was he in the middle of an incomplete shed?

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he was just begining to start the shed procces and it happend to be feed day so i gave it a try and he ended up stricking and eating it all.....

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Originally Posted by Deborah

Fuzzy mice are still to small and hatchling out of the egg will take down a hopper ;)

The only time I ever fed a fuzzy to a BP was to a 29 grams twin.

It's important to feed the right amount at a young age as they have a faster metabolism and need food for growth.

Your temps if you provide a hot spot should be around 88/90

If you do not provide a hot spot mid 80's, 78-82 is not ideal for hatchlings.

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sorry i did not clearify yesterday he does have a hot spot heated buy a uth on a thermostat set at 91. his husbandry conditions are almost ideal....