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How to tell if snake regurged?

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LeeC

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Today I found a mostly digested pinkie in snow whites cage, the thing though is that I dont know if it was a regurg or a bm. I could make out the back paws and the tail, but the rest was digested. To me I think its a regurg altough this would be my first and I dont know what to look for.

It ate the pinkie 4 days ago, and I did not see the actuall regurg or BM. If it was a BM, would the pinkie be fully digested? Help please? If it was a regurg should I still feed her tomorrow on day5?
 
Follow your nose.

While snake poo is mildly funky, the smell of a regurge downright nasty.

From your description, my guess is a regurge. You normally don't recognize body parts (tail, legs, torso) in a fully digested and "dumped" feeder.

regards,
jazz
 
Like Dale says, smell it. And look for a pinkish cast. Lately I've been finding a bunch of really furry poos and I know everyone can't be regurging every time. I even wonder if the last Maizey regurge was that, or a small hairy poo. If it's a regurge, it will smell rotted and awful. If it's a poo, it will smell snakey and musky. Look for white urates- for sure then it's poo. But if there aren't urates, that doesn't mean it isn't poo.

If you decide it's a regurge, or can't decide, then don't feed her for ten days. Ten on the first meal, feed a prey half the size of what she regurged. You have to let her stomach flora build back up or she won't be able to digest her first meal after the regurge.

Nanci
 
Cohabbing can lead to stress. Stress can lead to regurges. Maybe your cohab'd snakes aren't as "attached" to each other as you'd like to believe. They are solitary animals, after all. I know you think that solitary animals get lonely too, but I assure you that EVERY corn snake wants to be left completely alone while digesting.
 
Yeah I already seperated them, and I didnt really smell anything, but then again I didnt make a point of smelling it...

temps range from 73-86
 
another thing was since she ate the pinkie 4 days ago, and it was small... shouldnt she have digested it by now? I know when it happend was sometime this morning and jasmine already had her BM.
 
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