help!

I forgot to ask:
-When did you feed her?
-What did you feed her? Live or F/T
-How big is she?
-How big was the prey?

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Originally Posted by decensored

This isn't just a 'normal' regurge then?

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There aren't any normal regurges. Do you normally regurge?

Quarantine ASAP, then vet.
Could be parasite, but sounds like symptoms of crypto aswell.

We fed her the day after bringing her home.
F/T Large rat (She was eating mammoth rats & last feeding was NOv.26)
I'm not sure how big she is because we didn't want to mess around with her too much upon bringing her home Sunday, I would guess 5+feet and about 12lbs

We e-mailed the person who owned her originally and he believes she was probably just too stressed out to handle the meal.
We have been checking her temps daily, and maybe having us open and close the enclosure so much added to that stress.

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Originally Posted by TheWinWizard

There aren't any normal regurges. Do you normally regurge?

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I'm aware it isn't healthy for an animal to regurge. I meant, could it be possible it was just too much at once and not a life threatening disease.

Like everyone else said vet trip is in order! I've fed many of my boas same day when bringing them home and have never had any regurgitate or have diarrhea bud something else other then "stress" is going on with her. Good luck hope whatever it is isn't serious. :)

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Originally Posted by TheWinWizard

There aren't any normal regurges. Do you normally regurge?

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yes.

Can't get a vet visit until later on in the week. i called the vet and he doesn't seem to think its parasites, but rather stress. There's only 2 rep/exotic vets in the area and neither of them are open until tuesday.. She hasn't thrown up or poohed since the one incident and we've been leaving her alone and she's been acting pretty normal. The vet said to just keep an eye on her and aside from the regurgitation/pooh there's nothing else that points to anything overly serious. He said its relativity normal for a stressed out boa to regurgitate. Just thought i would throw that info out for others.

Our husbandry has been a little off as we have been struggling with temps and humidity.
We still plan on making the vet trip just to be sure. :)

Thanks for everyone's input.

Chris

Glad you are still taking her but I would consider another vet. Boas are NOT ball pythons and are not generally prone to "stressing out". There is something else going on here that is causing the regurge, diarreah, and excessive salivation.

I fed both my baby boas 2 days after bringing them home. They traveled up here from Cleveland, spent the day at an expo, then took a 2 hour car ride home with us before arriving in their tubs. They were also handeled the next day. Both of them gobbeled up their meal and neither showed ANY adverse reaction whatsoever.

These guys are pretty stable. I really hope yours is ok!