Regurge

[Jay_Bunny]

Both ball pythons have been on hoppers since we got them at the end of August. When I weighed Sadis, the bigger of the two, she weighed 109g about 5 days after being fed and not having pooed. We figured she could probably bump up to a larger sized prey item so this feeding we got her a small mouse. She struck and ate it, but this morning when we went to check on them, we found condensation on the front of the tub on her side. When we looked inside, we found she had regurgitated the mouse and knocked over some water. Now the paper was soaked and the humidity on her side around 88. We changed the paper, washed out the water dishes and replaced the water, and threw the mouse away.

Should we go back down to hoppers? We are going to leave both of them alone for a few days. We will attempt another feeding in a week for Sadis. And as a side note, when we weighed Xefaud 5 days after a meal and having not pooped, he was 89g.

[Adam_Wysocki]

Stick with the hoppers ... sounds like the small mouse was too large of a meal. I like to feed smaller sized meals to my animals and this is certainly one of the many reasons why. A regurg can actually cause some internal damage (bruising and soreness) so you might want to go with a hopper on the smaller size for the first meal after the regurg.

Make sure the snake that regurged is well hydrated.

Hope this helps.

-adam

[Reediculous]

was this f/t, live, or pre killed?...............as long as the mouse is not thicker than the girth of the snake she should be fine!


if it was frozen, it could have been a rotten mouse, which will cause a regurge. i would wait 3 weeks to feed again, but maybe somebody else will jump in on this!

good luck

[Reediculous]

Stick with the hoppers ... sounds like the small mouse was too large of a meal. I like to feed smaller sized meals to my animals and this is certainly one of the many reasons why. A regurg can actually cause some internal damage (bruising and soreness) so you might want to go with a hopper on the smaller size for the first meal after the regurg.

Make sure the snake that regurged is well hydrated.

Hope this helps.

-adam

This Adam guy seems to know a lot! he has some new looking snake that i can't wait check out........i would listen to him!

[WingedWolfPsion]

Also double-check your temperatures, particularly middle of the night when house temperatures can drop significantly without people noticing. A low temperature drop can cause a regurge.

[Jay_Bunny]

Temperatures are fine, around 91-92. Humidity was also in the norm, 55%. (until she spilled her water and made it rise to 88%. The mouse was about the same size as her largest girth. It was live. (They have no interest in f/t yet) We will attempt a hopper after she has a rest from all of this. She is well hydrated. Should we wait a week or more to feed her?

[SatanicIntention]

I'd wait a good two weeks and then offer a small hopper.

[Jay_Bunny]

Will do. Thanks everyone for the input.