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    Re: Regurgitation help?

    Quote Originally Posted by bcr229 View Post
    Wait three weeks before feeding again and in the meantime purchase some NutriBAC reptile probiotic. You can find it on Amazon. It's a powder, just dust a tiny pinch of it on a damp f/t feeder to help replenish your snake's gut flora after a regurge or course of antibiotic treatment.

    When you do offer food again it should be a tiny feeder, something like a damp f/t mouse fuzzy dusted with NutriBAC.

    Then wait two weeks before feeding again, and offer another damp f/t mouse fuzzy dusted with NutriBAC.

    If all goes well you can slowly start increasing feeder size and decreasing the time between feedings. I would not feed more often than every seven days though.

    Finally, if your snake regurges again take it to a vet that specializes in exotics and have it checked for parasites.
    I agree with the above 100%

    In addition it's also important to figure out WHY the animal regurged.
    Aside from illness, the other likely reasons a snake might regurge are: temps are off, stress or too large a meal.

    So let's examine those.

    Your temps are kinda all over the place, which makes me wonder if your heat sources are regulated by a thermostat???
    You want to keep those temps above 75, 78-80 is your target cool side temp. You should be aiming for 87-89 for a hot spot.
    Getting those temps regulated and stable should be priority number one.

    Now onto stress/handling...
    You said you're not handling for 2 days after feeding, which is good. However, it's important to let your new snake settle in. I always advise no handling until the animal has eaten 3 consecutive meals without refusal.

    I don't think handling is to blame for this regurge, but it's important to hold off on handling for a while now. NO HANDLING until the snake has eaten 3 consecutive meals without refusal and has held them all down. So NO HANDLING for AT LEAST 6 weeks.

    Finally, prey size....
    How much does the snake weigh? You said you fed a small mouse and a fuzzy. What did they weigh? Why add the fuzzy? Adding a second prey item may have made digesting more difficult? But without knowing the weight of the snake or the prey I can't say for sure.

    The more we know the more we can help you and your snake.

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