dalek
12-24-2008, 08:00 AM
Hey guys... sucks my first post is under these terms. :(
I have a 1 and a half year old amel. He eats great and is just an overall awesome snake. Couldn't have asked for a better snake to start with.
Now to the problem. I moved him up to hoppers around 3 months ago (maybe more). He took them fine, never gave me a problem. When he started to get them down with no problem at all, I moved him up to 2 hoppers. For two feedings, he was fine, no signs of any trouble.
On the third feeding, which was last Wednesday, the first mouse, while in his mouth, excreted some blood and guts (these are F/T mice, btw). It was weird... and I got very nervous because I thought it was the snake at first. When I noticed it wasn't the snake and he finished it, I figured it was okay and that I could feed him the second one. He took the second one with no problem. I thought I was in the clear.
Monday night, he pooped. Again, I figured everything was okay. It wasn't until Tuesday night, sometime between 3 and 6, that I noticed a smell in my room. I went over to his tank and saw the regurge in the tank. You could still identify it as a mouse, but there was no fur at this point.
Now, the reason I'm worried is that I think it might not have been a regurge, and that it was a vomit. And I've read that vomit is worse. I do think that the hoppers I gave him were on the large side, so should I just go by the regurge rules and see how it goes? Also, the temps haven't been perfect, so I'm hoping that's it too.
Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated guys!
I have a 1 and a half year old amel. He eats great and is just an overall awesome snake. Couldn't have asked for a better snake to start with.
Now to the problem. I moved him up to hoppers around 3 months ago (maybe more). He took them fine, never gave me a problem. When he started to get them down with no problem at all, I moved him up to 2 hoppers. For two feedings, he was fine, no signs of any trouble.
On the third feeding, which was last Wednesday, the first mouse, while in his mouth, excreted some blood and guts (these are F/T mice, btw). It was weird... and I got very nervous because I thought it was the snake at first. When I noticed it wasn't the snake and he finished it, I figured it was okay and that I could feed him the second one. He took the second one with no problem. I thought I was in the clear.
Monday night, he pooped. Again, I figured everything was okay. It wasn't until Tuesday night, sometime between 3 and 6, that I noticed a smell in my room. I went over to his tank and saw the regurge in the tank. You could still identify it as a mouse, but there was no fur at this point.
Now, the reason I'm worried is that I think it might not have been a regurge, and that it was a vomit. And I've read that vomit is worse. I do think that the hoppers I gave him were on the large side, so should I just go by the regurge rules and see how it goes? Also, the temps haven't been perfect, so I'm hoping that's it too.
Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated guys!