Ooof... Snake vomit. Help?

[Skiploder]

OK... Thank you everyone for your advice! I truly appreciate it. I do know it was vomit not poop. Yes, the smell, of course and the fact that back in the day I had a lot of snakes, so know what poop should be. After looking at all the factors, I believe we overfed her after being malnourished. Immediately after vomiting she was in hunt mode again. Bright eyed and bushy tailed. I waited until now to offer one small mouse which she took immediately. Will wait 5 or 7 days to offer the next which will be dusted with BeneBac. I am happy with her feed response. A sick reptile doesn't tend to want to eat. Will order rats next.

I doesn't matter if she's hungry or not she vomited up her last meal - which unlike a dog, or a cat or you - is a traumatic event for a snake. she can go a long time without a meal and your decision to feed he was a poorly calculated risk that your should not have taken. There was zero benefit to it and a whole host of things that could have gone wrong. Let me put it bluntly - your assessment of her condition based on her appetite was rash.

Just because she can eat, doesn't mean she should. If you feed her too soon and her digestive system does not have time to recuperate, she will vomit again.

At that point you have taken a mildly serious event and turned it into a potentially major event.

She vomited her meal - which means that it had begun the process of digestion. A regurge - or almost immediately ejection of the prey item - and involves no digestion.

It is this interrupted process of digestion that creates damage to the esophagus and the gastrointestinal system of the snake - as the stomach acids and digestive enzymes are fairly powerful. If you do not give the animal enough time to recuperate, more damage will be inflicted on that digestive system.

BTW, you have completely missed the point of the Benebac. You don't put it on the prey item immediately after the event, it is meant to assist in the replenishment of digestive enzymes and bacterial balance in the digestive system while the snake is healing over time - not as an additive to the next meal.

At this point, whether you decide to wait two weeks or two hours means diddly over squat to me. You were given solid advice by several forum members. However, if your snake vomits the next meal and it's health situation becomes more serious, you will probably find less people willing to take the time to help you.