Thanks Skiploder. @ Kaorte- Positive it was regurgitation. I work from home, rarely leaving here, so I can observe my countless minions multiple times a day if I choose. Nothing in there but water dish and hide-out, and more than 12 hours but not more than 18 hours later the barfed up prey item appeared.

@ Skiploder- I wondered about feeding a prey item even smaller still, so I will try that in about 10 more days. ...will get some Benebac in the meantime. It appears to thermoregulate well, hydrating -it appears not to be dehydrated (at least overly so) but have not seen it drinking in front of me- but that is the case with most of my animals as they never are allowed to get really thirsty first... so...???

As for the person I bought the animal from- not someone I bought from before, and seems to not be someone who normally has bp's to sell either. I have no idea what conditions it was kept under, but if the shipping/packing was any indication the seller was an inexperienced snake keeper so its anyones guess. It is slightly possible it could have internal injuries still from being shipped poorly, but now I am just reaching for explanations more than what I know for certain.

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