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spazfrank

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Hi, I hope that someone can reassure me. Last night, due to the tornadoes and hurricane force winds in our area, we had to go to the basement. Normally, not a big deal; we just put the snakes in smaller plastic "traveling" containers and head on down. Well, just about 3 hours prior, we had fed our corn snake (still kind of young); so now I'm concerned about regurg with us moving him in and out of and in containers, etc. He's currently back in a hide in his viv, so I don't want to disturb him now, but if the pinkies were to make an unexpected return visit, would it have happened by now? What should I do if that were to happen? Sorry for the length, I tend to ramble - and thanks in advance.
 
I really wouldn't worry about it. He probably won't regurge due to a little stress. Sometimes they do~ but generally they can handle quite a bit without returning thier lunch. IF he does regurge~ don't get upset. Just clean up the stinky mess and leave him at least 10 days AFTER the regurge before you feed again.

I doubt it will be a problem though~ if he still has his lunch in him he probably didn't consider it a very big deal himself!
 
Just let him digest in peace. If he regurges, you'll smell it without having to go looking for it!
 
My male okeetee gets pretty active after he eats. His meals are appropriately sized, his lump is perfect but normally he'll eat and climb a little before he settles into his warm hide.

One time he even slipped off the branch and made a thud in the aspen....with huge bulge in belly! He was fine....knock on wood........he never had a regurge.

I dont handle after feedings but I think they can handle alot.
 
Relax, o worried owner.. I agree that if the snake was going to regurge because of the movement, it would've happened already. I doubt that he'd regurge in his hide. The more experienced folks can address that one better than me, but most animals won't do that sort of thing if they can help it. I've only had one regurge, but she did it as far from her preferred hide as she could get. Congrats on caring enough for your critters to take them with you to a safe place! All animals should be so lucky. And congrats on no storm damage.
 
no harm!

Thanks for all of your responses. No regurg! Our house didn't fare quite as well though, but we're glad that our little family (snakes included) are all fine. I really appreciate having such a helpful site/group to turn to with questions. The info on this site actually convinced us that a corn snake would be the ideal choice for our second snake - they really are great.
 
Gosh, I'm sorry to hear you did have storm damage. I guess I misread or assumed before. I've unfortunately been down that road more than once, but fortunately the family has thus far been fine. Good luck with the repairs, and glad all your family is well.
 
Thank you, Caryl. You didn't misread it, I just didn't mention it before b/c I was just too concerned about Frank. It really isn't too bad. Sorry about you having to deal with it also.

Even though I still don't plan to ever handle him until 48 hours after he eats, it's nice to know that the little bugger isn't as fragile as I thought.

Thanks again.
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I am glad that your family is safe.

Sorry to hear of your storm damage. I hope it can be repaired with little problem.
 
You sound like me when I lived at my parents house growing up. Whenever we had a storm, I raised rodents, and I'd have everyone in the family carrying down cages and tubs full of animals. By the time, we got them all, the storm was usually over. That's when I decided I had too many animals and just didn't replace them when they passed away. I hope things are going well for you. Take care.
 
spazfrank said:
Thanks for all of your responses. No regurg! Our house didn't fare quite as well though, but we're glad that our little family (snakes included) are all fine. I really appreciate having such a helpful site/group to turn to with questions. The info on this site actually convinced us that a corn snake would be the ideal choice for our second snake - they really are great.
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Kudos to you for thinking about your snakes in a time like that. Not everyone would.
 
Hey, the critters are part of the family too! When we evacuated for Hurricane Ivan, my husband and I shlepped along the following family members; 4 kids, 3 dogs, 1 cat, 1 guinea pig, 4 mice, 1 turtle, 2 snails (yes, SNAILS. Locally wild-caught, but we took them along, too), and containers with assorted tropical and gold fish. The 3 horses went with a friend. We didn't have snakes then.

Frank, your post reminded me to pick up some evacuation containers for the snakes and melt the holes ahead of time. Ah, life was so much simpler when we lived in Indiana and had only to go to the basement for storms. lol
 
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