Am I stupid or what?

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Originally Posted by adamsmasher

I thought a picture would help. I hope I'm over reacting I'm not usually a spazz like this I just feel wicked guilty and hope I'm not doing him any harm. Thanks again guys.

http://i437.photobucket.com/albums/q...er/Picture.jpg

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He'll be fine. The rat is not that big.

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Originally Posted by adamsmasher

Another question. As you'll see from the pic he's not in his enclosure I've fed him outside of his cage since day one so how should I proceed in moving him (if at all). Should I make that box his enclosure for at least 24 hours?

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Move the feeding bin as close as you can to the cage, then gently pick up the snake, fully supporting his body, and put him in his cage. It shouldn't last more than 5 seconds and it shouldn't evoke a regurgitation.

He regurged :soapbx: Thanks everyone

Did he regurge or just spit it back out? if he regurged, there will be bile and a horrible smell along with it. if he spit it out, then he probably realized that it was finally to big for him to eat. Leave him be for a few days, and wait until next week and feed him a smaller prey item.

Damn, he was so close:

http://i437.photobucket.com/albums/q...er/Spitout.jpg


And finally:

http://i437.photobucket.com/albums/q...r/Spitout2.jpg

I feel like an incompetant caretaker, but I'm just glad he wasn't hurt and I've learned a little more.

Looks tasty...

:O Thats one big rat!

So from what purr was saying that looks more like a spit up not a regurgitaion. I figure I'll wait a week and then feed him something smaller?

Definitely a hefty rat. Wow. O_o Hey, we live, we learn, and then we get a smaller rat. ^_^

Fairfax huh, well greetings from Sterling

Just get a smaller rat next week. :)