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    FYI, if you feed again before a previous meal has been digested, you risk causing your snake to regurgitate, which would (A- best case scenario) mean no food again for 2-3 weeks to give time for your snake to replenish the digestive enzymes lost or (B- worst case scenario) the regurgitation causes damage (aspiration into lungs) or even death by dehydration from loss of body fluids.

    Understand that some snakes stay in "feed mode" (pumped up from eating & willing to eat more) for anywhere from a few hours after a meal to even a day or more after the last meal. So don't "fall" for this apparent "hunger"- that was way too soon to feed again after the first item. Leave not less than a week between meals of prey with fur. (Pinkies & fuzzies are more quickly digested, but it's still not healthy to stuff your snake full of food.)

    We're glad you asked.
    Last edited by Bogertophis; 03-28-2021 at 05:05 PM.
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