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My snake regurgitated 3 days after feed: how long should I wait before feeding?

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Ayidah

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I fed my 1 year old corn on Monday evening and it is now Thursday evening, so I thought I could start handling her. The session went well and she was just quietly looking around smelling everything, then after I took a picture and put the camera on my laps she decided to slide under it and hide. She stayed still there for a little while, then I felt something wet on my laps. It was looking exactly like poop: black, white, a little bit of hair, though, but it could not be poop because her body was on my arm and just her head was there, so I guess she threw up very well digested food. Is it still considered regurgitating? Should I wait longer than until Monday before feeding her? I am worried because I am leaving on holiday on the 7th for 11 days and wanted to feed her before that in case my friend who is taking care of her does not manage to make her eat...
 
If it was in fact a regurge, you should probably wait until you get back from holiday. Snakes can go a bit without eating, but trying to feed too soon after a regurge (before they've had a chance to build back up a lot of stomachy stuffs) will more than likely result in another regurge. Also, assuming the regurge was from handling but just in case, you'll definitely want to make sure all environmental elements are good too.
 
Well, I dunno if it can still be considered a regurge when there is black liquid and white spots or urea just like in poop. It did not look ike a mouse at all anymore, but I am pretty sure it came from her mouth...
 
I did some research and it was not actually a regurge but vomitus. Still likely caused by stress as she never did that in her cage and seems really comfortable in her environment. She sleeps in her hide during the day at various depth and goes all around her cage and up the branches in the evening. I have also seen her many times next to her water soaking area, though never actually drinking.
 
Also, the fact that the food looked well digested in her vomit means the temps are good... No more handling for her while I am away on holiday will likely be a break she will appreciate. I have friends who will come to check on her and change her water every 3-4 days.
 
That sounds like poop to me. Black and white are major clues. A regurge/vomit would be flesh-colored/pinkish brown. Poo can be very liquid and contain varying amounts of undigested hair, which looks kind of ropey. Based on your description, I'd bet anything it's poo.

Be careful with your friends changing her water- this is when a lot of escapes happen, when people unfamiliar with your caging don't secure it properly.
 
Yes, it looked exacty like poop but I am 100% it came from her mouth as her lower body and tail were curled around my wrist and only her head and first quarter of her body were on my laps where I felt the warm and gooey liquid be released as she hid under my camera. It was a lot warmer there, I guess that is what triggered it. Weirdest thing ever...
I was just worried that if her water gets dirty she would not drink it...
 
She could have kind of "aimed" it, or had her bum pointing in one direction, and it kind of shoots out (if you've ever seen a snake poop directly in front of your face...)
That also sounds like a poop to me. 3 days post-eating for a one year old sounds suspicious. If the temps are correct as you've stated, the mouse would most likely have been completely digested by then.
You can always go through with a regurge protocol just in case - no harm there - but personally I wouldn't stress too much.
I really don't feel as though you've done anything wrong by handling 3 days after feeding. Hell, if you wait forever you're never going to be able to hold your snake! :p Sometimes mine takes 5 days to poop if she hasn't moved all week.

Best of luck with whatever you decide to do!
 
Thanks! The aiming option was made impossible by the fact that the huge camera was completely on top of her head and the area where I found the vomit or poop (I felt it, then lifted the camera and saw it). It was looking fully digested, though. I wonder if spending all this time hanging with her head down and body up made her poop travel back to her mouth. Poor girl, must have felt gross...
 
Very interesting predicament. If she does it again, then you'll know for sure! (Hopefully she won't regurge or vomit ever though).
 
Are you sure you just didn't feel it when she did it? I think it would be impossible for urates to come up through the mouth. And VERY unlikely for feces to make it that far. As in, unheard of unlikely.
 
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