Hello and a little first python help

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Originally Posted by trevo

Congrats on the successful feeding.

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Wasn't so successful as he spit it back out inside 24hrs. So I got to thinking about how much petco sucks for info, and hit petsmart. Started thinking about him being skinny when I got him and that their selection of sizes in mice was not all that good. I believe petco to have been feeding him meals that were too big. I believe this to be why he was skinny when I got him (I am sure he regurgitated a couple meals while still under their care, and has not had a proper meal in some time). I stopped at petsmart where they seemed to care, even though I got him some where else. The guy heading the reptile section confirmed what I was thinking, and than was nice enough to pull the different size mice out of the boxes, so I could compare. I picked out some of the small ones, which were way smaller than the med ones petco offered. We waited a few days in between attempts and fed again the night before last. And this time he kept the smaller meal down. I am sooooo glad I took him home now, as I really think he would have soon perished trying to hold down something way to big. It has been about a day and a half and we are wanting to know if it is okay to handle him yet......we have become very compfortable w/ him and he w/ us, so he is handle daily at least for a few minutes....except right now as we feel his meal is the most important thing right now. Also he is pimpin w/ a new dual light and bulbs and all the whistles to go w/ it :)

Oh and this time he struck and was not so passive about his meal

I would actually advise to not handle him at all until he is able to eat more consistently without regurging.
Handling too much can actually be counter productive for trying to get a snake to eat consistently.

And since he did regurge, do not feed him for at least 2 weeks. He needs time for the flora in his gut to replenish. And feed a prey a little smaller than his appropriate sized prey.

So we did wait about a week before trying to feed him again. I have already picked out a smaller meal. I couldn't in good concision wait 2 weeks as he was obviously looking for a meal. Hw has a perfect little tank w/ his hides and gauges all right. He was searching the tank and being very active only at night. I have always been told I am gifted when it comes to animals and seem to know naturally whats up. He was acting like a starved child.....so we fed him the smaller meal, and left him alone for 3 days. He did not regurgitate this time and seems a lot happier after his meal. We will stick to feeding him on Sundays and give him most the week of being left alone to digest as that would be my main concern (slowed digestion and maybe some internal damage from the over sized meals at petco)....we will see how he continues to do, and I am looking into a proper vet just in case. If anyone knows of a good vet in the Salem OR area, that would be a big help.