Savanna monitor regurgitating

[Rhasputin]

My savanna monitor regurgitated half of her last 2 big meals.
Has she just eaten too much?

She did not regurgitate (that I know of) her 'snacks' in between, things like pinky mice and small pieces of this or that.


She's never done it before, so it worried me. She doesn't seem lethargic at all.
The only recent changes were an increase in her heat lamp strength.

[llovelace]

How long have you been giving her 2 big meals? Next time only give her 1 big meal, and see what happens, I don't keep monitors so I cannot offer any more advice than that sorry

[Rhasputin]

This wasn't in the same day. These were 2 separate meals.
Hmm. . .

[rperry03]

How are the temps? My Beardie regurged when temps were low or do they have to wait a little bit when the regurgitate?

[DakotaB]

What size is it?
Are you feeding Inscects?
How often do you offer rodents?
Temps? (Hotspot and Cool)
Humidity?

[Rhasputin]

The hot spot temperature is now about 100-120 depending on the temp outside, humidity is good.
She is about 3 feet long, 8 years old. Rodents have been her main diet, and that's what she regurged these 2 times lately.

My main suspicion is that she just had too much for those meals, although the meals weren't that large. . . I just wanted to know if there is some other things that commonly cause regurging.

[RichsBallPythons]

Bump temps to 140F and see how that works. Savs like it hot in the basking spot.

When given a lot of food and not enough heat they will rather get rid of food than keep it down.

[DakotaB]

Bump temps to 140F and see how that works. Savs like it hot in the basking spot.

When given a lot of food and not enough heat they will rather get rid of food than keep it down.

X2

I keep mine at around 160 cool end at around 80 and humidity at 60+. I also keep the substrate as deep as my sav is long. Mine loves to dig tunnels though.

[purplemuffin]

Yes, more heat! It's too cold for him to digest right! Also, savs are more insectivores than rodent eaters... Just a heads up, high rodent diets can cause an early death from fatty liver..seen too many people lose their savs to that. I'd get started on some big insect colonies pronto if you want him to live a long life!

In the wild, even adult savs are insectivores!

http://savannahmonitor.org/

[Rhasputin]

Got it, bump up the heat, smaller meals, more insects. Check! Thanks.