Snake cant digest??? Help

[Pieds]

Well i fed my snake yesterday a fuzzy and the fuzzy has been stuck in the snake stomache in the same spot fro a day. Should i be worried? What should I do

[TheWinWizard]

They do need time to digest. I presume you have belly heat for it? Pics would help of the snake and the enclosure.

[Alexandra V]

It can take them a while to digest. Make sure that you have proper heating and temperatures (belly heat from a heat mat is generally best to help with digesting) and let your snake be for a day or two more so it can digest. In general it can take two or so days.

[Hulihzack]

What is your setup? Temps, substrate, heating elements, hides etc...

[redstormlax12]

Leaving only a day for them to digest is nothing to them. A correctly sized meal can take 2-3 days to fully digest. You say that its "stuck" in him, but it really is just in his stomach, digesting.

As others said, make sure the temps are right. The correct temp gradient is essential in the digestion process. If you have a heat mat make sure its on a thermostat of some sort and make sure you are reading the temps with either an IR temp gun or a digital probe thermometer.

[Pieds]

My temperatures on the hot are 85 and cool is 76, I have a heat pad, I use aspen bedding, and have 3 hides in my tank. I aslo have a light.

[Wh00h0069]

My temperatures on the hot are 85 and cool is 76, I have a heat pad, I use aspen bedding, and have 3 hides in my tank. I aslo have a light.

Your hot side should be 92 and cool side 82.

[broadude]

My temperatures on the hot are 85 and cool is 76, I have a heat pad, I use aspen bedding, and have 3 hides in my tank. I aslo have a light.

What are you using to measure temps? How are you regulating the temps? What kind of "light" do you have and how is it placed over the tank.

A picture would definitely help.

[Sarin]

What are you measuring your temps at? I'd bump up your hot spot to 90-92 and cool spot to the lower 80's.



Edit: You guys are fast...

[Brandon Osborne]

Your hot side should be 92 and cool side 82.

Cool side of 82?! I've been doing it all wrong for the last 25 years.j/k. I will have to respectfully disagree on your temp gradient. I would agree with your high side temps, but 82 for a cool side gives the animal nowhere to escape heat. If at all possible, the cool side temps should be around 70. The higher the constant temps are the higher the snakes metabolism will have to work.

For example, when food is scarce in the wild, snakes will retreat to cooler temps to conserve energy....usually during the hottest point during the summer months. In my observations, snakes really don't like high temps unless they are digesting a fresh meal. Giving them a good gradient of 70-90 lets them choose temps they are most comfortable with. Even then, a larger gradient would be better but isn't likely in the typical captive environment. I know of a couple of breeders that feed their kings during winter months at temps of 50 degrees but offer them a hot spot of about 85. I tend to except a break during the winter as most

To the original poster, one day isn't really long enough to see the meal digest. Depending on the size of the meal and the animal, it should be gone or unnoticible after 48 hours.

Again, just my experience.