Waiting to handle after eating?

I always follow the 48 hour rule also - better to be safe than sorry. I have never had a regurge yet - thank god.

Just give your snake a couple days to digest.

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Originally Posted by snakesRkewl

Snakes do not regurge because you hold them :rolleyes:

Seriously those old school rumors are so over inflated it gets old seeing them regurged.

Snakes like to digest their meals after eating and it's not a bad idea to allow the snake to do so, BUT it will not regurge because you hold it.

stepping off my soap box...




Allowing your little one to rest and soak up the heat after they eat

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Ok, again, no need to be snarky. You are intitled to your opinion, but take it easy. And for the record, I never said holding them will cause a regurge. What I said was holding them can cause them to stress. If a snake becomes overly stressed, it may end up regurgitating its meal.

One thing can lead to another. This in no way means every snake will react this way. But you won't know until it happens and a regurge is bad for the snake no matter why it regurges. Better to be safe than sorry and allow your snake plenty of time to digest its meal.

What are you talking about?



wait, ........what... we're supposed to feed them?








































Just kidding :colbert:

I would still stick with the 48 hour rule to give them time to digest their food. They need heat to digest their food and if you have them out roaming around right after they eat, that's not really what they are looking for. They sit on heat and don't move during the digestion process. You can hold them briefly, but don't keep them out. I have heard of regur after handling, and I don't doubt that it was from stress/being out in the cold too long.