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New snake has regurgitated twice. Scaring the hell out of me!

jr1788 said:
I may have worded my original question wrong. Do I cut the head off while still frozen or after its thawed?? I wanna say frozen to avoid a mess but I'm not sure
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I would definitely cut it off while the pinky is still frozen...I can only imagine how gross and possibly messy it would be if you do it while it was thawed!
That's just how I do it, though.
That way it's a clean cut and there is no icky mess for me to clean up afterwards.

Good luck..I hope it can keep a meal down for you!
 
Its been about 18 hours since I fed. No regurge yet so things are looking up. He burrowed and I haven't seen him. I think he's under his water bowl(he likes that spot) which is on the cool side of the tank. Should I worry? Cool side is about 72-78 degrees depending on room temp. Warm sides sitting at 84-88.
 
Let her rest dude! She will be OK! The chances of her regurging a pinkie head is slim. Let her decide what is comfy, as far as temps go. If she poops today or tomorrow, then you are doing good. Wait the (at least) 7 days and do the process again.

Wayne
 
Fosho. I haven't bothered the cage, just checked temps and was wondering about temps being to cold. Everything seems to be good
 
Just got home from class and no regurge yet! Things are looking good. Last regurge happened just after 24 hrs of feeding. We are almost at 24 hrs since feeding. He's still under the waterbowl I'm assuming. I'm off to work so ill get an update in about 10 hrs. I'm thinking it may have just been too large a pinkie
 
Its been roughly 32 hours and no regurge. He came out of his bowl while I was at work and is now in his tree. I'm pretty excited to see a snake turd hopefully in the next few days. Lol.
 
Its almost 3 days now and I don't see a lump so I doubt he'll regurge now. I'm happy. I am just waiting for him to poop now. If he doesn't poop by wednesday, do I feed him again as normal or would it wise to take other precautionary steps before?
 
You should continue to be cautious for the next few weeks.
I had a snake regurge a while back, and Don Soderberg of SMR once told me that when that happens, to feed a pinky head 10 days later, and then pinky heads for the following 2 weeks (making it a total of 3 feedings of pinky heads). And then feed the bodies that have no heads for the next three weeks. When that's done, you can start feeding whole pinkies that are sliced multiple times. He said to slice them around the body instead of lengthwise. When your snake regurges, it loses all of it's digestive stuff and while you are feeding those extra small meals, it is slowly building back up. When you get the the size of a full pinky, the slices in the pink help the digestive juices get into the pink quickly to insure that no bacteria on the inside of the pinky has time to build up before it get's digested (which would cause another regurge.) So far, I just now finished my pinky-head regimen and am about to move on to the headless pinky. I'm a little nervous as it is a larger meal. Hopefully it all goes good.

But yeah..pretty much all that rambling I just did is for you to know to continue to be cautious when feeding for the next several weeks. You should also probably avoid handling as much as possible in order to reduce stress and reduce the likelihood of another regurgitation.

Good luck!

:cheers:

Edit: I emailed Don to see if he minds if I copy/paste what he said in the email about the regurgitation protocol.

You can also go to this link and scroll down to where it says "FAQ from Kathy Love on Regurgitation Treatment" and that will give you a bunch of information on the subject, as well. I know that Wayne already posted that on here, but I feel that it would be a good idea for you to look over it again since you are asking if you should resume normal feedings already.

Hopefully all of this rambling I've done has helped at least a little!
 
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I know I continue the head regimen for a few more weeks, but is it an issue if he doesn't poop? Or I just feed again since he had such a small meal? I haven't handled since he regurged, except to feed him, and I took advantage and cleaned his tank then too
 
I'm on my phone so I can't edit. But I didn't mean normal feedings, I actually meant do I feed as normal(just like his scheduled day, regardless if he poops or not) I probably worded it wrong
 
Ah, ok I see. It will be fine for you to feed as long as you can definitely tell that there is no lump in the belly (meaning the meal has been digested). Even of you don't see the poop, it's more than likely going to be somewhere in your snake's habitat, you just aren't seeing it. If you want to be extra sure, you can sift around through the substrate and try to find it. But since you only fed him/her a couple days ago, you've still got several days to go in which he could pass his last meal. I wouldn't stress over anything just yet. Just be glad s/he kept down his last meal! (knock on wood!)
;)
 
Yeah, I'm still waiting for the poop but its not too big of a deal since its only been 3 days. I'm ecstatic that he kept his meal down tho. Hopefully we start a good feeding pattern and we don't have to deal with regurges again, or at least not anytime soon. I'm feeding again wednesday night, or thursday night. Thatll be a week and I'm sure it'll be hungry again
 
A week should be ok. Just make sure not to feed in intervals any less than a week when treating a regurge. After you've followed proper protocol, you can slowly work your way back to the schedule your snake should be on. ;)

Good luck!
 
I'm thinking imma stick to a 7-10 day cycle for about 2 months then slowly start easing into more frequent feeding depending on how he's doing at the time. But I'm taking it extremely slow right now
 
You'll be safe at 5-7 day intervals as long as you stay conservative with the meal size. And keep using Nutribac for a long time. And don't obsess about poo. Do obsess about slitting, once you get up to a whole pink again.
 
Gonna try to feed tonight. Hopefully he takes it. Been a week since he ate. No regurge but no poop either. He's still active as can be tho.
 
jr1788 said:
Gonna try to feed tonight. Hopefully he takes it. Been a week since he ate. No regurge but no poop either. He's still active as can be tho.
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Poop happens, just give it time. Also, remember your snake regurged a couple of times and it's digestive system may be a little weird. Jut keep putting it in and eventually, it will come out. Besides, a pinkie head isn't going to create a big poop, so you may not see it. So please, at this point, stop worrying about the poop.

Good luck with the feeding tonight and keep us posted!!

Wayne

PS STOP WORRYING ABOUT THE POO!!
 
Lol. I worried earlier last week. Now at this point I'm actually looking forward to it eating tonight so we can continue on the right path
 
Attempted to feed last night. I tried dangling and put the head down like I've been doing. It worked with whole mice and last week it worked with just the head. This time I left it and figured he'd eat through the night. But nothing. I woke up and the head was still there. Temps are currently between 72-80 cool side, 82-88 warm side. Humidity is 40%. I figure ill try saturday or sunday again
 
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