Regurgitation - Need Help

[Albert Clark]

Well it's coming up on two weeks since the regurgitation episode happened. Here's the sequence of events:

18th (weds): Fed 1st f/t Rat pup ever

19th (Thurs): No Sign of Rat Pup (unless it was in hide)

20th (Fri) in the morning: No Sign of Rat Pup (unless it was in hide)

*** Wife said something smelled really bad but she can't remember if it was Fri or Sat ***

22nd (Sun): Discovered Regurged Rat in cage after returning from trip

Since these events, I haven't' taken my BP out of the cage except the day of discovery when I had to remove the rat and perform a cleaning (The enclosure still smells awful when I open the sliding door).

I purchased a small mouse and some Nutribac supplement to sprinkle on the food (recommended by another person on this site).

Is it OK to try feeding again tomorrow (weds) which is 2 weeks from last feeding or should I wait until this weekend (2 weeks from regurgitation)?

I'm also thinking about getting rid of the 24 f/t rat pups that I purchased from a company at Repticon and repurchasing from one of the companies mentioned on this site. Seems like this may be good piece of mine because I have NO IDEA what caused this issue to happen.

Any thoughts or suggestions?

Hey, sorry you had to experience this regurge with the little guy. Sounds like the husbandry was and is on point but i am conflicted on the thawing procedure you use bc i think your freezer to fridge time and duration in the fridge may be inadequate. 3 or 4 hours i don't think is sufficient time to fully thaw out a rat. A mouse maybe, and that's taking into consideration that you still continue to thaw and warm with warm/hot water and the hair dryer. I think you should consider leaving the frozen prey in the fridge alot longer. Maybe even 6 to 8 hours bc usually it's a thawing from freezer to fridge of overnight and then all the other warming procedures. Some people thaw at room temperatures. So, before throwing out all the rats from Repticon try adjusting your thawing procedures first. Don't worry too much either bc these pythons recover from this sort of thing that is pretty much self limiting. Keep your husbandry on point and you and him will be fine. Lol.