Sharing regurgitated food

Okay so one of my ball pythons regurgitated his food after like 5 minutes (idk why), and I just fed the regurgitated rat to another ball python. I want to know if this is bad or if it doesn't matter. I honestly just didn't feel like wasting the rat, but if it puts another one of my ball pythons health at risk in feeding regurgitated food to it from a different snake then I guess I'll just throw out the rat from now on.

It was spitted back out not regurgitated the way we mean it when we talk about snake regurgitating.

Ask yourself is it worth it to feed it to another snake? Yes there are risks involved let's say snake #1 has the beginning of a RI which has not been caught yet, now you feed another snake a prey that came in contact with snake #1 saliva.

While this is an hypothesis cross contamination is very real, now ultimately it's up to you to see if it is worth it to take a chance.

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I wouldn't worry about it at all.

Brian

This seems like a terrible idea to me for the simple there is good chance there is a good reason the first regurgitated the rat. The first reason is that the snake is sick and now you have most likely spread the sickness. Secondly maybe there is something wrong with the rat which could lead to several issues with your snake. None of these reasons are worth the $3 you spent on a rat.

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Originally Posted by Mysnakeislong

I just fed the regurgitated rat to another ball python.

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Read that sentence back to yourself a couple of times....

No. Just, no.

Why would you even risk doin that?? :confusd::confusd:

This question should of been asked before you did it, not after....obviously you knew there could be a risk that's why you asked the question....I look at it this way when a snake refuses, if it would of ate the rat it would of been gone anyways so why not just throw it out. If it was a simply refusal then yes you could of fed it to another but since they had there mouth on it then no it's a bad idea.

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Lesson learned for next time. Not a good idea.


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Yepppp. Well anyways replies sometimes take a while on here i.e. why I didn't ask beforehand. The other snake ate it anyways and my snake that regurged is healthy so it's all good, but yeah I'll probably avoid the cross-contamination possibility if it ever happens again.

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Originally Posted by For Goodness Snakes

I wouldn't worry about it at all.

Brian

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I hope it's OK to change your mind on this forum.

After giving your situation a little more thought and after reading the other very logical comments, I too agree that it is probably not a good idea to share food that has possibly been contaminated by another snake.

Old dogs can learn new tricks.

This is a great Forum.

Brian

If the snake that gurged it is healthy and husbandry is spot on we would not have this thread.

Actually my snake it healthy but thanks for the comment when you don't have a clue about my husbandry. I take great effort to make sure my snakes are living in a good environment and healthy.

Ah, the censor trip always cracks me up.

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Also , remember there is a difference between regurgitation and vomiting. Regurge doesn't happen right away as does vomiting. Regurge is a prey item that has been sitting in the G.I. tract for a couple or several days and is partially digested. Vomiting occurs within minutes or hours of ingestion of the prey item. This was probably a case of vomiting as opposed to regurgitation. :confusd:

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Originally Posted by Mysnakeislong

Actually my snake it healthy but thanks for the comment when you don't have a clue about my husbandry. I take great effort to make sure my snakes are living in a good environment and healthy.

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I liked your original attempt better but YOU are the one posting that YOUR snake regurgitated its meal. Sorry that you do not understand that that is NOT something natural from a healthy/unstressed animal. I don't have to assume something is wrong, you already posted it. :rofl::rofl::rofl:

Well... could have been too big of a meal...

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I read the opposite on some other site or something so I said regurg, but yeah idk what it is now but yeah it was only like 5 minutes since i fed him until he heaved.

Actually it was a really small meal lol. I've been trying to feed him less to maintain his weight instead of grow him. It was definitely odd though.

Dude, you have no idea about how i take care of my snakes so why are you going on [about it]? And yeah I liked my original comment better too.

Let me explain since I'll just assume you are slow. When you say to someone "oh your snake might not be healthy" there is nothing wrong with that statement. It doesn't really help them any, but ok. See the problem is when you go on to pretty much insult their husbandry when you don't have a clue how they take care of their animals. Get it? Do you not see how that is something only [someone] would say who doesn't have to deal with irl repercussions of being said [someone]?

Number one rule of internet foruming: Take what you need and leave the rest. No reason to get all booty hurt over a perceived insult on the interwebs.

I am a newbie to this forum, however from reading achieved posts it is pretty obvious that there are a plethora of personalities here. Some of the personalities are blunt or direct. Doesn't mean they are any less experienced when it comes to BP husbandry. I might not like their delivery but if some of the guys/gals who responded to your thread were questioning my husbandry, well I would be paying attention. I wouldn't care how insulted I felt.

As for this not being "real life"... personally I appreciate that this is a well moderated forum free from cursing and shenanigans.

Keep in on topic going forward, everyone.

No one on here knows anything about my husbandry, i.e. why i got upset. It was just a meaningless insult. As far as everything else, thanks for the advice (sarcasm) but you don't know anything about me.

this thread has become dumb, obviously the question has been answered, at this point what more is their to say?

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I'm literally just arguing with idiots at this point.

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Originally Posted by Mysnakeislong

Okay so one of my ball pythons regurgitated his food after like 5 minutes (idk why), and I just fed the regurgitated rat to another ball python. I want to know if this is bad or if it doesn't matter. I honestly just didn't feel like wasting the rat, but if it puts another one of my ball pythons health at risk in feeding regurgitated food to it from a different snake then I guess I'll just throw out the rat from now on.

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Originally Posted by Mysnakeislong

No one on here knows anything about my husbandry, i.e. why i got upset. It was just a meaningless insult. As far as everything else, thanks for the advice (sarcasm) but you don't know anything about me.

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Your first post says a lot.
Then inform us on your husbandry.
You type a lot but actually say nothing.
There is a reason for a snake to toss its meal back up and a small meal shouldn't have caused the problem.
You don't seem to want any help so I guess this "idiot" is done with this thread. :rofl::rofl:

You keep posting, he just responds but to say we know nothing is not true. You said your snake regurged, vomited, spit up, however you want to label it. None of this is normal, Ive only had it happen twice in 9 years with as many snakes as I have . Once was a sick snake, other was from stress of moving. Something was wrong at the time, no matter what you think. The problem could be completely out of your control, the problem could of even passed by now, it doesn't mean anything was wrong with your husbandry but to deny there was a problem is ignorant. Normally the forum would try to help the person go through the check boxes at this point, but with your total denial what's the point of trying.

With that said I hope you seriously have better judgment next time on if you should feed a thrown up rat to another animal.

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Originally Posted by Mysnakeislong

I've been trying to feed him less to maintain his weight instead of grow him

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This statement alone says a lot about your experience level.

I just want to say eww. Eww eww eww. That is all.

We are speaking about the saving of a few dollars here. It's your snake to do as you see fit, but I treat mine as I would want to be treated. He is my baby, my pride and joy. I would never feed him a rat that had touched the snoot of another. Why risk it???

All I can think of is someone chewing up some food, spitting it out, and someone else eating it. *gags*

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You are the one saying my husbandry is bad from one thing I have done. But you know what, whatever, i don't even care about you so go on with your life now little wannabe punisher. The only people that wear or use that insignia legitimately are obviously not people like you. Judging from your posts you're just some guy who hides behind his keyboard to trash people so I'm guessing you probably just read the comic books and thought it would be a cool avatar.

And we are done obviously nothing more can be added to the discussion so it is time to lock this thread