Looking for advice from more experienced keepers

[Bogertophis]

Okay, that makes more sense now- about the temps & hide. (One hide isn't optimal, but I'm sure you know that.)

She should be digesting just fine, even with only the ambient temp. around 75*, so the real problem HAS to be feeding too much & too often- piling more on before she's finished digesting the previous meal. Make sure they let that poor snake digest one meal at a time. It's a wonder she hasn't barfed up.

Right now I'd feed her on the "long side" (every 14 days) to let her stomach get back on track, & that's ONLY IF & WHEN there's NO bulge left from the previous meal, okay? And smaller mice if you can, also. If she doesn't act hungry, don't worry about persuading her, let her skip a meal too.

And NO handling when she's still digesting (if there's a visible bulge). She might need longer to digest (due to age or just poor digestion); for most snakes, a bulge from a meal takes about 2 days to be gone, but handling might have interfered too.

[Neko_snake]

Okay, that makes more sense now- about the temps & hide. (One hide isn't optimal, but I'm sure you know that.)

She should be digesting just fine, even with only the ambient temp. around 75*, so the real problem HAS to be feeding too much & too often- piling more on before she's finished digesting the previous meal. Make sure they let that poor snake digest one meal at a time. It's a wonder she hasn't barfed up.

Right now I'd feed her on the "long side" (every 14 days) to let her stomach get back on track, & that's ONLY IF & WHEN there's NO bulge left from the previous meal, okay? And smaller mice if you can, also. If she doesn't act hungry, don't worry about persuading her, let her skip a meal too.

And NO handling when she's still digesting (if there's a visible bulge). She might need longer to digest (due to age or just poor digestion); for most snakes, a bulge from a meal takes about 2 days to be gone, but handling might have interfered too.

It's bad I almost wish she'd have thrown up. At least then they'd realize that she can't handle eating like that. I'm definitely trying to convince them to give her a break from the constant meals.

I think they're still going to handle her. Mostly because the vet said nature sunlight. But ideally that'll be the only handling she'll get for a while. Especially when our season for doing things with the animals is over.

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