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re-gurge

That is great that the shop is willing to listen to advice. Are they piling all the babies in together in a cage, or are they willing to separate them? That alone can solve a lot of problems.
 
Kathy, they have all the babies in individual little plastik reptile containers about 4*6 inches ones the arrive at the store. You know the ones with the slotted lids? when they receive them they are in little round white containers with clear lids.
they are all individually kept and labelled.

I guess it all has worked out well at last. Hope that Charlie will continue to do great.
We are already making plans on building our own viv's to accomodate growth of the snake...lol.

thank you everybody. Y'all rock!
 
Tracee said:
Every 3-4 days is too soon, you are risking another regurge by not giving her chance to digest the last meal.

As made clear above, when recovering from a regurge you have to be so careful and feed items much smaller than normal. Please take care.
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the frozen pinks are much smaller than the live ones were. And I had fed her two. I don't think these even weigh one gram. To me, as long as they poop after their last meal, it should be o.k.
http://cornutopia.com/Corn Utopia on the Web/- CARE SHEET Cornutopia corn snakes cornsnakes.htm
kathy love says 3-5 days. I wait till she starts "hunting" around the cage.
I was only trying to offer a suggestion since the petsmart pinkies were very small.
 
sorry if I didn't make myself clear. I am feeding every 3-4 days for a normal feeding schedule, not regurge. I am about to upgrade to larger pinks, so i am going to back it down some as well.
 
Actually, the care sheet is meant for well established babies that are not having any difficulties at all. And the accelerated schedule would be just for a few months during heavy growth. I think I will amend it as I don't want anyone thinking I am suggesting that they should feed their snakes every 3 days on a regular basis. I had in mind for typical feedings every 5 days, with an occasional extra meal here and there during that first year when they grow so quickly, thus some feedings only being 3 or 4 days apart.

I think I need to update the care sheet in case it is not clear enough. I don't want to mislead anyone.
 
nrfitchett4 said:
the frozen pinks are much smaller than the live ones were. And I had fed her two. I don't think these even weigh one gram. To me, as long as they poop after their last meal, it should be o.k.
http://cornutopia.com/Corn Utopia on the Web/- CARE SHEET Cornutopia corn snakes cornsnakes.htm
kathy love says 3-5 days. I wait till she starts "hunting" around the cage.
I was only trying to offer a suggestion since the petsmart pinkies were very small.
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If you are feeding right after the hatchling poops, then they are always digesting. That cant be good. If she is "hunting" after 3 days, maybe you can bump the size up a little. Thats probably better then power feeding.
 
Hello everybody.
Well, Charlie ate his pinkie head again yesterday, before I had time to put him down. He was still hanging on to my hand when he started eating. lol...guess he was really hungry.
My new concern is that I have not noticed that he has pooped yet.
Our other snake ate Thursday and yesterday there was a pretty good size poop in his cage, but Charlie has now eaten 3 heads and still no poop.
Maybe I am just not finding it or something, but I am pretty sure I checked every where except under the moss in his cave since I do not want to disturb him in there.
any idea as to why he would not be pooping?
 
I would do a real good search cave included before assuming he hasn't pooped, but if that turns up nothing you can try a warm swim. Warm meaning like 80-82 degree water just enough to cover the bottom of a container and let him swim around. Should make him poop very soon, but I'm not sure if that is advised after a regurge so double check that info and of course make sure it is 2-3 days after his last meal.
 
Since he is only eating a pinkie head, you may not notice it, since it will be so small. If it gets a chance to dry up at all, it will be really difficult to see. As long as he doesn't look bloated / swollen near the tail (indicating constipation), I would not really worry about it.
 
kitten1506, huge congrats on Charlie's progress! It's so cool that the store is interested in improving their care, as well.
 
Hello again,

well it has been over a year since Charlie had his eating dilemma, but I am so grateful for all your guys help!! Charlie is now a healthy, friendly, happy 122 grams brightly colored Mama's boy! We had him sexed at the local Zoo about 1 month ago. He has come a long way in this year.

Thanks again to all of you, for all your advice and encouragement!!!

Charlie and I appreciate all the help!!!

Gratefully, Bea and Charlie
 
That's great news!

It is always wonderful to hear that a baby that would have died without intervention is now doing so well a year later. Hopefully the shop has continued to follow your advice, and is also giving out better advice to their own customers these days. Not only did your seeking out advice save your own snake, but possibly many others as well.
 
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