My Snake Regurgitated =( help!

Hi everyone . . . well on 16th june 2002, Stella was fed 2 fuzzies (Stella is around 26/27 inches long) She was fed at around 6:00p.m . . . I woke up this morning at 7:00p.m, and she had regurgitated, (i think) she has never done this before . . . it sure didnt smell very nice and it looked as if were only the bottom half of the fuzzie but all mangled up with mush around it. Has she regurgitated ? ? ?

I had not handled her since she has been fed because of the 48hr rule so i was wondering why she has done this ? ? ?

Also, what shall i do now ? ? ? When shall i feed again . . Is there anything special i should do for her ? ? ?



Please help =`(

KRIS

Yes your corn regurgitated.

Well a corn can regurgitate for several reasons
1) Too big of a meal
2) Too stressed
3) Internal parasites
4) Too high or too low of a temperature

The most common is too low of a temperature and/or stress.

To cure these, do not handle your snake for at least 24 hours (some would say 48 and I do 48 too...). Since you said that you went by the 48 hours rule, then I would say that it's not your fault making it stress.

Make sure that the temperature is not too high or too low.

Try to feed it after at least 7 days. (When my corns regurgitate, I stop feeding them for at least 10 days before I feed them again.) This is done so that the acid in it's stomach could rebuild and so it can digest it's food properly.....don't feed it before the 7 days even if they look hungry...they don't know that their stomach acid hasn't rebuild yet....

The next time you feed it, feed it a smaller food item and make sure that it keeps the food item down and digested. If it keeps its food down for at least 3 other meals, then you can try switching it back to normal feeding food sizes and amount.

Hope this helped

Good Luck and Happy Herping!

thank you . . .

i'll do exactly that! =) thanks again

I agree with the diagnosis of regurgitation and the rest of what Simon said, but have some minor additions that I'd like to offer.

I prefer to wait 10 days after a regurgitation before attempting feeding again, but 7 days is the minimum.

It's true that the acid capacity of the stomach needs time to regenerate after a regurgitation, but the most important reason to avoid feeding for 7-10 days afterwards is to allow time for the esophagus and mouth tissues to heal after having been damaged by stomach acid. The stomach--in all animals--is well protected from its own acid by a layer of mucus and other protective factors also released by the stomach lining. This is because it's intended to operate with acid all the time. But the esophagus and mouth tissues--also in all animals--have no safeguards against the acid, and the top layer of those tissues can be heavily damaged by a regurgitation. It takes 7-10 days for damaged tissues to be sloughed off and replaced by newly formed cells.

Humans that experience frequent regurgitations for a long time, such as alcoholics and bulemics [or even gastric reflux, which is just a partial splash of stomach acid a few inches up into the lower esophagus] undergo a transformation of the tissue in their esophagus which is scarred and pre-cancerous, known as Barrett's esophagus. This can later become outright cancer. I'm reasonably sure that such scarring and transformations can occur in most animals, probably including snakes--the gut tissues and acid are very similar. Stomach acid is very powerful [pH < 2, which is very strong] and should be taken very seriously.

Acid rock is *real* music,
Doctor Mike

thanks for both of you adivce(S). . . .

i think i will wait 10 days just to be safe and then try stella on a pinkie, after that if she keeps it down then i will continue another two feeds of pinkies, then gradually move back upto her normal meal of fuzzies . . . thank you for your replys, theu have been very helpful

KRIS

That is really really informative and extremely helpful because my snake regurgitated too. At first, I've seen a lot of people saying that we have to wait for 10 days. I then thought...why? and I figured that I'll feed her 7 days after she regurgitated.

But now I'm so extremely thankful for having you post that info. I wish pet stores and pet care info sheets can also tell why we have to "do this, do that" for our critters.

OnyxWerewolf said:

But now I'm so extremely thankful for having you post that info. I wish pet stores and pet care info sheets can also tell why we have to "do this, do that" for our critters.

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This is good info, and it's good that you want to thank those who posted it, but this thread is 4 years old, and none of these people even visit the forum any more.

Perhaps since you bumped it, others will be able to understand how very important it is not to rush regurging babies.