Handling after Feeding

[Aquira]

I was looking at some of the handling after feeding threads out of curiosity. Is it just the stress that would make them regurgitate(as said in one of the threads, if I remember correctly), or can it also be affected by moving their body too much? It doesn't seem very much like the latter, unless you perhaps have a snake in the air/not against a solid surface. Lol, this thought came to me last night while I was watching Risus move about in his cage. I know to wait a few days after feeding, so I'll wait til tomorrow to I handle him, he ate on Sunday.

[Texas Dan]

I imagine it's probably a little bit of both. I mean, when I'm done eating, if someone came and tried to pick me up, I'd probably barf on them too.

[Melicious]

It's a little bit of both. I usually leave my bigger snakes alone for three days just because they look so...poofy. I know that after Thanksgiving dinner I don't want to move, so...yeah.

[boboso]

As many, we wait about two days after feeding. Ours is pretty scheduled about eating, and then retiring to his hide for some belly heat

[starmom]

I left my snakes alone for 2 days after feeding. When the snakes got bigger and their prey size increased, I leave them alone for 3 days

[Aquira]

Alrighty, thanks for answering my question!

[skaplan86]

I pretty much the same as everybody else here. 48 hours after feeding my bp. I have had him out prior to that 48 hour limit but I pretty much just set him down and let him roam. I usually only do that if I need to move his tub around or something.

[Purrrfect9]

I think a lot of the regurging when handling might also be a survival response done in the wild. If you think about a BP in the wild just after it's had a large meal, what is it going to do if a predator comes along? If they're too full to move fast enough to make it to a hide, they're going to regurge to be able to escape faster. Just my $0.02. I usually wait anywhere from 36-48 hours after feeding, depending on the meal size.