Pooped out a mouse...

[King21]

OKay, my snake just recently went up a size in food. His first feeding went fine with no problems. NOw the second feeding with the new size was fine at first until i saw what was in his cage this morning...

It was a long skinny pooped out mouse carcass. This did not look like a mouse however i could tell that is was what used to be one. He obviously did not digest it very well. I know he pooped it out because there was a yellow stain around it.

Do you think he did not digest it well because it was too big for him or what? Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Tyger9791]

it may have been too big. but what are your temps? is your warm side warm enough so he can digest properly? and you didnt handle him or bother him for 2-3 days after eating?
Blaze did something similar when i tried to bump him up to fuzzies. I treated it as a regurge. as it wasnt digested, so that means their digestive system probably needs to recoup. wait 8-10 days and offer a smaller sized mouse.

Guinness unfortunately regurged recently. but it was stress related. my gf took him out of his viv and didnt realize until it was too late that he still had a lump in his belly from his last meal. it had only been two days since i had last fed him. he basically flipped out. she put him back in his viv, but he regurged soon after. so now i'm going to put post its on the vivs to let her know when they last ate, so it doesnt happen again.

 

[King21]

It could have been that i had handled him after 24 hours of feeding. Maybe I should have waited longer. Maybe the mouse was too big to digest. He did have a heat pad that keeps one side at around 85 degrees so he had enough heat to digest. i just dont know this is weird.

 

[Jynx]

Sounds like a regurge. The yellow stain does not necessarily mean he digested it. If it was still obviously whole, then my bet would be on a regurge. Give him about 10 to 14 days for his digestive juices to build back up, and step back to a smaller food item.

 

[Baba-Lou]

Sounds like a regurge. The yellow stain does not necessarily mean he digested it. If it was still obviously whole, then my bet would be on a regurge. Give him about 10 to 14 days for his digestive juices to build back up, and step back to a smaller food item.

Ditto. do that from the sounds it is.

 

[3330PHILIP]

When i first went from pinkies to fuzzies on my girl she regurged. I think you could wait a few days/week then feed pinkies. next couple feeds on pinkies then go for a fuzzie again. Maybe slice open the fuzzie, i have heard that can help with digestion.

 

[King21]

If it was still obviously whole, then my bet would be on a regurge.

I should rephrase that. I was not OBVIOSLY a whole mouse. you wouldnt know it was that at first glance. it was about 3/8 of and inch across and about and inch and a half long. very skinny. The thing looked more like a mouse that had the juices sucked out of him like a raisin. There was no lump in his stomach for at least 3 days. 6 days total after feeding.

Is it possible that he just did not digest it well enough?:shrugs:

 

[Tula_Montage]

ewww............




lets see pictures lol!

 

[KatieL]

The thing looked more like a mouse that had the juices sucked out of him like a raisin. There was no lump in his stomach for at least 3 days. 6 days total after feeding.

At work, I had a 7 foot black rat, that regurged SEVEN days after having eaten. It looked very much like the description of your mystery mouse, however, it stunk to high heaven after "settling" for seven days in the snake's stomach. The mouse actually looked more like a bag of skin and bones, and was covered with a really thick mucous. But you could still see paws and little "claws" and everything. Granted, this snake was a fair bit bigger than yours from the sounds of it, and it always did take a long time to digest things, but six days for a small snake (assuming your temps are good) seems a long time. I guess, the others are right, and a picture (if you happened to have taken one) would be most helpful.

TO be on the safe side, I would wait the 10 days you normally would after a regurge to let the gut flora have time to recover, and then try a smaller prey item for a few feedings like Jynx mentioned. One other thing you might try is "snipping" the mouse when you jump back up to the larger food size. Just make a few cuts through the skin along but perpendicular to the spine of the mouse, so the digestive juices have an easier time getting trough the skin. Of course, snipping should only be done of f/t. That should help the digestive process along.

 

[King21]

At work, I had a 7 foot black rat, that regurged SEVEN days after having eaten. It looked very much like the description of your mystery mouse, however, it stunk to high heaven after "settling" for seven days in the snake's stomach. The mouse actually looked more like a bag of skin and bones, and was covered with a really thick mucous. But you could still see paws and little "claws" and everything. Granted, this snake was a fair bit bigger than yours from the sounds of it, and it always did take a long time to digest things, but six days for a small snake (assuming your temps are good) seems a long time. I guess, the others are right, and a picture (if you happened to have taken one) would be most helpful.

TO be on the safe side, I would wait the 10 days you normally would after a regurge to let the gut flora have time to recover, and then try a smaller prey item for a few feedings like Jynx mentioned. One other thing you might try is "snipping" the mouse when you jump back up to the larger food size. Just make a few cuts through the skin along but perpendicular to the spine of the mouse, so the digestive juices have an easier time getting trough the skin. Of course, snipping should only be done of f/t. That should help the digestive process along.

Thanks, I will take that into consideration. Unfortunately I did not think to take a picture of it and I just cleaned out Spot's cage today.