Regurge/sick...

[spawntaker]

Hi one of my corns ate a large weaker 6 days ago and today there's half digested rat in the Viv.... All my temps are right and snake weighed 618g 2 days after feed any ideas guys please





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[Nanci]

Is he in the middle of the shedding process? That can cause a regurge. I don't know what a "weaker" is.

But- now you need to skip the next meal- so he ends up going 14 days without food, and feed a prey item half the size of what was regurged. If that stays down fine, gradually work back up to the size of a medium adult mouse (22-26g) every two weeks.

It would be very beneficial to add Nutribac probiotics to his meals for the next several months.

[spawntaker]

Weaner* ... Its unusual for them to regurge after 48hours though





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[spawntaker]

And he shed 2 weeks ago


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[Nanci]

I don't think 48 hours is unusual. 2-3 days, or even longer, is pretty common, in my experience. It takes a certain amount of time for the prey to rot and get rejected.

[spawntaker]

Ok thanks... What U think caused it... Too big a rat?


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[Nanci]

Have you fed that size frequently before? How often do you feed? Was he handled?

[spawntaker]

Was handled 4 days after feed he eats similar size usually and feed every two week... I rescued this snake 6 months ago and for two years he had very little heat could this have caused problems for now?


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[Nanci]

What temp do you have him at now? Did you handle him after he ate, before the regurge?

[zorro]

I would only feed corns up to adult mice , they don't need anything bigger unless you have better access to rats than mice. Follow the protocol that Nanci has talked about, I know it's hard not to feed for two weeks but it will pay off in the long run.
Good Luck
John

[spawntaker]

Hey sorry its been a while... Took him to the vets as couldn't work out what was wrong... Had 2 weeks antibiotics then had to force feed a pinkie on vets advice.... Then a week later he strike fed a small mouse and has since eaten two large mice meals :-D


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[smigon]

I am glad he is doing better. Make sure he only eats every other week, he is big enough as he is, and you don't want a repeat performance of the regurge!

[spawntaker]

:-D


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