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Fed Snake While In Blue

FieldofDreams

FieldofDreams

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Hey guys, just a quick question. I have a about a 4 month old corn snake that has never missed a meal for me and is always agressive on his feeding days. I noticed when i picked him up on wednesday that he had gone into blue.Attempted to feed him anyway and he ate like a champ. Just wondering if it is okay to feed while in blue if the snake doesnt refuse the meal? Or if i see he is in blue just to wait for him to shed (never had any shedding issues with me so far)?

Thanks in advance guys, even though i dont post much im on here every day soaking up information from you guys.
 
It's an individual thing really. If he eats readily, then he shouldn't have a problem. Generally if it's going to be an issue, then they refuse food themselves until after they shed. All of my current adults eat when blue and I haven't had a problem.
 
I have a couple snakes that will refuse in blue, but the majority chow down like there's no difference. I even had one shed an hour after eating.
 
I've had three snakes regurge when blue. I won't ever feed those snakes when blue again, even if it means throwing away a mouse. For the others, if I know they are blue, I skip the meal. If I have alreay thawed the mouse and discover the snake it was meant for is blue, I feed it to another snake and skip the blue snake. If I don't have another snake to feed that mouse to, and the snake has never regurged, I feed it while blue.
 
None of mine eat when in blue except my abbott okeetee. Hes always been a great eater, its kind of sad watching him try and eat when in blue tho, cause hes totally blind but you can tell hes hungry LOL

Hes never regurged.
 
Shiari said:
I have a couple snakes that will refuse in blue, but the majority chow down like there's no difference. I even had one shed an hour after eating.
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Me too! If they'll eat for you, it shouldn't be a problem. My big amel, Bob, goes into his hide and doesn't move for several days when he's in blue, so I don't even try to feed him, but some of the babies don't seem to be bothered at all. That said, if I notice they're going into shed, I won't feed them. It's really hard to tell with some of the lighter colored babies, though!
 
I feed hatchlings through adults while they are in blue, given the hatchling has already had it's first shed. Every great now and then one will refuse their meal but it's not often and I've never had a regurge because of it. If you do decide to feed while in blue make the meal a little smaller then usual to make it an easy for them. If you are feeding double pinks/fuzzies/etc then feed just one, often times they will eat one and refuse the other anyways. If you are normally feeding one prey item then go for the smaller one in the bag. I think you get the idea.
 
I have never had a regurge. I say if the snake will except the food there should be no issue. But there is nothing wrong with playing it safe either. An extra handful of days wont hurt the health of a well fed snake.
 
i don't feed my corn while shes in blue just because i don't even wanna risk a regurge .. but id say if the snake would take the food then she'd be ok:) good luck
 
Eli173 said:
If you are feeding double pinks/fuzzies/etc then feed just one, often times they will eat one and refuse the other anyways.
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Thats exactly what I did. I have my r.o on double pinks right now, fed him one because he was in blue.

Thanks for all of the advise guys, very helpful, just wanted to make sure if he kept his meal down if i could continue to feed on regular schedule, in blue or not.
 
I had heard that you shouldn't feed in blue, but I used to anyway because I never had a problem. Then we had one juvenile regurge after eating in blue. He ate like a champ, never refused but regurged anyways. That regurge started a cycle he never recovered from. He kept regurging until he died. We followed the regurge rules tried everything we knew and sought advice but there was no saving him. We no longer feed in blue. Its just not worth the risk no matter how bulletproof the snake is.
 
My classic normal corn was in blue phase I didn't feed him at all and that was on Monday.His eyes cleared on Thursday and he ate his pinkie w/o any problems. I say it's totaly up to your snake. But to prevent an illness I would wait until the eyes clear. Especially if your a new snake owner like me! Lol
 
LawDog1 said:
I had heard that you shouldn't feed in blue, but I used to anyway because I never had a problem. Then we had one juvenile regurge after eating in blue. He ate like a champ, never refused but regurged anyways. That regurge started a cycle he never recovered from. He kept regurging until he died. We followed the regurge rules tried everything we knew and sought advice but there was no saving him. We no longer feed in blue. Its just not worth the risk no matter how bulletproof the snake is.
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Yea my husband had a snake for the first time and it regured a meal became very dehydrated refused every meal, behavior was different, and died a coulpe days later. So I will not feed my snake In blue because of that. Sorry for your loss God bless ur other ones.
 
Regurges usually become cycles when people dont wait 7-10 days to feed again. You have to give the stomach time to build flora back up. Nutribac is a good thing to keep on hand to help them along.

Obviously back to back regurges arent good, but feeding in blue doesnt guarantee a steady decline in health and then death.
 
I don't want it to sound like I'm saying just because you feed a snake in blue he will regurge repeatedly until he dies. That is obviously not always the case. In the case of Wally, my snake that died, it did happen that way. We did use nutribac, we did wait longer than 7 days, we were feeding pinky heads. We tried it all.
Sorry for taking over your thread, but after reading that usually continual regurges are a result of not waiting 7 to 10 days, I had to elaborate on my poor guy. Hope no one else has one of theirs go like mine did. Its sad watching him fade away. Good luck.
 
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