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Is this a regurge??

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Filardimarg2

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I fed Rio on the 6th, he had a 5g fuzzy he has had this size before, within about 2/3 hours it was back in the viv.
He is now cruzing round looking for food. Should i class this as a regurge??, i know it is, but should i go through the same protacol as a normal regurge??
Marg.
 
Yes. Especially if the fuzzy was slimy and gross, because that means that stomach contents were expelled, meaning his gut flora is nearly gone, and needs time to replenish itself.
 
I always feed my 2 corns on my lap, (seperately) He did eat the fuzzy i definately. When it came back it didn't smell or look any different from when i fed it.
Marg.
 
Filardimarg2 said:
I always feed my 2 corns on my lap, (seperately) He did eat the fuzzy i definately. When it came back it didn't smell or look any different from when i fed it.
Marg.
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Are they in separate vivs or are they in the same one?

When mine regurged, I cut the back and the stomach the pinkie for his next meal to make it easier for him to digest and have had no problems since. Good luck.
 
Tracee said:
Do make sure to wait the usual 10 days before you try this. It won't hurt him to wait to feed, but it could harm him if you don't. Good luck.
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A 10-day wait can't possibly harm your snake, but a second regurge definitely would. It's important to try and figure out why the regurge happened, so you can take corrective steps.
 
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I can't understand why he did this, temps are no different, the fuzzy is the same size as he's had before, he hadn't been handled after feeding, nothing difference in any way. Anything else you could think of??
Marg.
 
Is he possibly in an early phase of a shedding cycle? My butter had a partial regurge when I fed her once very eary in "blue." Did this mouse come from the same place as the others? Was it prepared the same way? I'm just kind of thinking out loud.
 
I get the food from 2 different places, but they have had the fuzzies from each place before & with no problems. Prepared as always.He has been fed in "blue" before with no problems, but he isn't in blue. Just can't work it out.
Marg.
 
The "blue" suggestion was a good one, however. I have had two mystery regurges, where the only possible cause that I could identify was that the snake was going blue but I couldn't see it...
 
Just throwing this out there....but if you feed him in your lap....then you're handling him both DURING feeding and AFTER feeding when you put him back.

Not belittling your feeding practices, but this is precisely why all my smaller corns (yearlings and smaller) are kept on paper and fed directly in their bins. Once they get a little bigger the movement back and forth to and from the feeding bin doesn't seem to bother them.

Heck I have a yearling okeetee girl that I have to get the fuzzy right in her face...but once she strikes it I have to be completely still (usually holding up the paper she's hiding under...) until it's almost totally gone or she will spit it out.
 
A snake who's used to being handled should be able to eat in his handler's lap. Merely using a lap as substrate shouldn't be a problem, and shouldn't be confused with "handling" to be avoided. Lots of folks (myself included) who feed in a separate container "handle" snakes in the strict sense of the word after feeding. I gently pick them up and return them to their viv, where they remain alone for 2-3 days. This sort of handling isn't normally a problem.
 
Another thing .............it seems very strange but he has gained weight, how can he of gone with no food since the 6th, regurged what he ate on that day & still gain weight?? 5g to boot.
Marg.
 
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