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  • 08-02-2018, 03:51 PM
    robert7107
    Prolapse an prey size concern's
    Wanted to start a discussion on prolapse an prey size.....
    What got me on this subject was I'm looking to go to rabbits and the seller has 1lb rabbits an for dirt cheap just concerned my 6ft golden child won't be able to handle it..
    The seller is well known so he'll have more but when is a big maybe he tends to run out ...

    My female is eating xl guinea pig's weekly..

    So love to hear some input regary prolapse an prey size.....

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  • 08-02-2018, 04:52 PM
    Bogertophis
    No idea what you're asking about...do clarify. I know of no relationship of prey size fed & prolapses. :confusd:
  • 08-02-2018, 04:55 PM
    robert7107
    Re: Prolapse an prey size concern's
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Bogertophis View Post
    No idea what you're asking about...do clarify. I know of no relationship of prey size fed & prolapses. :confusd:

    I've heard of people. Feeding too large of a meal an the snake prolapse ...

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  • 08-02-2018, 04:56 PM
    robert7107
    Re: Prolapse an prey size concern's
    Editing question

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  • 08-02-2018, 05:08 PM
    Hannahshissyfix
    Re: Prolapse an prey size concern's
    Do you mean regurgitate? XL guinea pigs are way bigger than a 1lb rabbit.

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  • 08-02-2018, 06:54 PM
    Bogertophis
    Re: Prolapse an prey size concern's
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by robert7107 View Post
    I've heard of people. Feeding too large of a meal an the snake prolapse ...

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    No matter what size prey, it's digested before it gets any where near the cloaca, which is where prolapses "happen". Prolapses do not result from the expulsion
    of normal digested food...it takes some unusual circumstances, like if a snake swallowed something they cannot digest, or if they try to expel urate 'stones', etc.

    Feeding too large of a meal can certainly make a snake regurgitate it's meal, and can sometimes cause injury to the snake on the way back up & out, but I've
    never heard of a prolapsed esophagus.
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