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corn snakes keep regurgitation

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pilbers999

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I have two albino corns one red one white, I have had them for nearly three weeks, they are five months old. They are housed together and the temp is 85 they have two hides one each end of the Viv. They are feed every Monday morning on two pinkies but yesterday I found that one had regurgitated them, I can not tell which one it is. The previous Monday regurgitation had occurred but it was only one pinkie the following day. I do not handle them for at least 24 hours after they have fed. I have been looking at this site and seen that they should not be housed together could this be the problem or could it be something else. I am new to keeping snakes and I am starting to worry about this problem. The two snakes are other wise fine, they are quite strong and active when being handled. They have both had a shed in the last two weeks. Please can any one help as I don't want to lose them.We feed them seperatly out of the tank
 
Housing corns together is not recommended especially if you have problems with one or both. The stressed could be enough for them to regurge. You should start by separate them, and than wait at least 10 days to feed them again. Start with only one pinky per snake. And then, if you have no regurge, continue with only one pinkie per week per feeding for 2-3 feedings to be sure both are ok. If one or both snakes regurge you will at least know witch. Also try to wait 48h before handling them after they eat.

Keep us posted and good luck!
 
First off ~ Separate them that could be a BIG reason why they keep regurgitating there food. The stress of the other Viv mate could be why, even if they seem fine. Plus you need to know which one is doing it!
Maybe two pinks is too much ~ Depends on the size of your snake, only feed 1.5 times the biggest part of your snake.

Separate the two snakes, leave them alone for 10 days! Then try feeding each one Separately one pink each, then leave them alone again. Watch for a regurgitation, but I would suggest not handling either one until you know they will not regurgitate, the handling is stressful, especially on hatchling snakes until they have come use to being handled.

Do a search on regurgitation and Viv setups and such, it will help you find more information, faster!

P.S. White Albino?? Is that a Snow??
 
yes it is a snow corn snake.

could you also just put our minds at rest by telling us how long you think pinkies should be left to thaw as we were advised to let them thaw for no more than a hour but books say to leave for a few hours (could this cause our problem)
many thanks for all help pilbers999
 
thawing frozen food

I tend to thaw mine for about 20 minutes in warm water. You could do this by keeping them in a plastic bag or just soaking them. I guess it depends on your water quality (I typically use filtered water).

Seems to work for me, & it warms the mice up more than just room temp.

I hope you get your snakes eating well.

-Tony
 
It depends on what I'm thawing but I tend to put all my mice in separate freezer bags sorted to what I need for each feeding. Then when its feeding day I pull the bag out and either let it thaw at room temperature, or place the baggie in warm water (if I need mice quicker). To check to make sure its thawed out fully, you can pinch the mouse head, supposedly the brain takes the longest to thaw and if its warm than its safe to feed. I don't think time really matter, other than you wouldn't want to leave it out too long to get rotten nor to short that it is still frozen.
 
I thaw in very warm water until the mice are at normal body temp (approx) of a live mouse~100-101 degrees F. Definitely get those two seperated.
 
I would just like to thank you all for all of your advise we have acted upon it straight away we went out and bought a new vivarium the two snake are now living separate . We are now just keeping fingers crossed that this was the problem and our snakes will be happy and healthy from now on. We will keep you posted on their progress once again a big thank you to you all.
Many Thanks Pilbers999
 
That is great that you separated them! Just be sure you still wait 10 days to feed again and keep us posted on how it goes!
 
Thank You

Hi i just thought i would thank you all once again for all the help you give us when our snakes were ill. I would also like to update you on their progress the snakes are eating well and have kept 2 feeds down since i posted the first message they due for another feed tomorrow so things are looking up. tomorrow they will be back to their normal size feed. once again a big thank you
 
pilbers999 said:
Hi i just thought i would thank you all once again for all the help you give us when our snakes were ill. I would also like to update you on their progress the snakes are eating well and have kept 2 feeds down since i posted the first message they due for another feed tomorrow so things are looking up. tomorrow they will be back to their normal size feed. once again a big thank you
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That's great new! I'm glad it worked out.
And thank you for the update. It's nice to hear of the outcome.

Good Luck :cheers:
 
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