Regurge Question

[First_time_herp]

do you have to worry about your bp regurgitating when your moving him/her from the feeding enclosure to the acually enclosure?

[elevatethis]

No, but if you keep them out for a while after eating they might get spooked and regurge. Ball pythons are generally pretty good about keeping meals down unless they have parasites or are too cold or something.

[Jeanne]

I can move my ball pythons and my boa with no problems from the feeding bin to thier cage, I just wait a few minutes to let them rest and get thier meal into thier stomach all the way before moving them.

[First_time_herp]

Ok, thanks guys! I have to feed him soon so I wanted to get this out of the way. So just wait a few minutes before moving them, ok, thanks again!

[mlededee]

you can pretty much tell when it is safe to move them. when they are finished swallowing and the rodent is all the way to their stomachs they will generally start flicking their tongues and cruising around their feed box.

[Cody]

Yep, that's exactly how I know my bp is finished putting the rodent down. She'll finish re-aligning the jaw, then start flicking her tongue and checking things out. Although I feed in the cage. But I put newspaper over my reptibark, so I wait till she does the tongue flick thing before sliding her off the paper and putting things back, lol.

I think in general people fear that it's the movement that'll make the bp regurge, when usually it's stress. If they feel they're in danger or spooked they'll regurge so they can defend/get away faster when in the wild, so I assume it'd be the same in captivity. So as long as you gently move them and don't make them feel like something's wrong, it should be fine.