Great sunday morning

I get woken up this morning to my wife telling mt that something stinks. I wake up and OH yea It stunk! All my guys ate so no funky rats left overnight. But it unmistakeable rat FUNK!. The the search begun.


Oh I found it quick :puke: Man any one who has never smelled a regured rat left in a 95 degree encloused tub at 45% RH.. :puke: needs to just once. Funny thing is I didn't even gag it was like ok rub sleep out of eyes, tub change, check the snake throw the rat out and the go eat scrambled egg Sandwitch. :D You got to love snakes to be able to do that.


Man it was nasty.

What else is worse is thinking the snake ate but in fact the rat drowned in the water bowl. Give it a few days and let me tell you... a bloated, rotting drowned rat does NOT smell any good.

:puke:No way I would be eating after that!!!

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Originally Posted by lillyorchid

What else is worse is thinking the snake ate but in fact the rat drowned in the water bowl. Give it a few days and let me tell you... a bloated, rotting drowned rat does NOT smell any good.

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Glad I always check on everyone after feeding! ;)

I have a question though Ed - do you know why this particular snake regurged? Was the meal too big? Has he/she ever been tested for internal parasites? I know when Kashmire regurged with me, he had internal parasites. On top of treating him for the parasites, I was also advised to give him two weeks before offering to feed him again to allow the stomach flora re-build. Regurge is very stressful on your snake.

I've talked about food while elbow deep in a deceased(and rotting, but only 4-5 hours dead) dog's chest who had hemorrhaged and had multiple organ failure. Major Yay ;)

Food and what we're having for lunch is always a popular subject while doing some sort of surgery.

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Originally Posted by rabernet

I have a question though Ed - do you know why this particular snake regurged? Was the meal too big? Has he/she ever been tested for internal parasites? I know when Kashmire regurged with me, he had internal parasites. On top of treating him for the parasites, I was also advised to give him two weeks before offering to feed him again to allow the stomach flora re-build. Regurge is very stressful on your snake.

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I believe the meal was to large it could be stress also she a new addation and this was her first feed with me. I have all of her vet records and yea she has been check for Internal Parasites and is all clean. I'll wait a week or two till I try again

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Originally Posted by Freakie_frog

I get woken up this morning to my wife telling mt that something stinks. I wake up and OH yea It stunk! All my guys ate so no funky rats left overnight. But it unmistakeable rat FUNK!. The the search begun.


Oh I found it quick :puke: Man any one who has never smelled a regured rat left in a 95 degree encloused tub at 45% RH.. :puke: needs to just once. Funny thing is I didn't even gag it was like ok rub sleep out of eyes, tub change, check the snake throw the rat out and the go eat scrambled egg Sandwitch. :D You got to love snakes to be able to do that.


Man it was nasty.

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Ed,you are one sick puppy :P .O yea once you smell a regurge you will NEVER forget it :eek:

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Originally Posted by ZEKESMOM

:puke:No way I would be eating after that!!!

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Aww cmon.:D Its not that bad :8:

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Originally Posted by SatanicIntention

I've talked about food while elbow deep in a deceased(and rotting, but only 4-5 hours dead) dog's chest who had hemorrhaged and had multiple organ failure. Major Yay ;)

Food and what we're having for lunch is always a popular subject while doing some sort of surgery.

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When my Grandfather and i raised rabbits i was the one who butchered them.Well i was cleaning some up and took a break to grab a sandwich,well long story short i have never seen those looks from my Grandfather before then :8: :8: :8: .My hands were clean he just did not know it lol.