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Young Female Vomiting

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jonnywill

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Hi Guys,

I've got a female root beer corn about 10months old. She's always been a good eater. She tends to be quite shy (never really coming out that often), but tends to be quite calm and responds quite well (I would say) to handeling.

Anyhow, she was fed yesterday (Thursday) but has just vomited up her last meal about 24 hours after being fed. The last time she was fed was 10 days ago with two large pinkies (probably wasn't a great idea giving her such a large feed, but I will live and learn), but this time was only given one and ate it a little more slowly than usual and seemed to look at it for a while before taking it from her feeding tongs.

Ordinarily, contrary to popular advice, she comes out for a while and is handled prior to feeding which has never caused any problems. The only difference this time was that she wasn't handled prior to feeding.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I already plan to leave her alone for the next 5 days or so and not try another feed for 10 days.
 
Has she pooped since last feed?...did you thoroughly thaw the pinkie out? Is her temps ok (80-85 warm side, 70-75 degrees cool side)? Maybe its not something u did....maybe u got a bad pinkie?
 
When u do feed her...give her half a pinkie instead of a full one or a very small pinkie with slits down the sides to aid in digestion!
 
Hey, yeah she pooped a couple of times... all over my jeans :) I always try give here at least 48hours after a feed before handling, and she hasn't been handled since feed this time. The pinkie should have been totally thawed as it was out for a good 4-5 hours or so, and i usually put it on the heat matt to warm a little before offering it to her.

She's been quite active (much more than usual) in the last 24hours since vomiting up her last feed, not sure if she's looking for food or something?
 
It may have been a bad pinky? She seems fine...just wait the 10 days (regurge protocal). Give the snake a small pinky & put slits down the sides (helps with digestion). There's a product Kathy Love makes called Nutribac, its for regurging. Maybe u want to look it up?
 
I dont think leaving the pink ot for that long of period is a good idea. Like all meat, it may harvest bacteria. If it is left out at room temp the bacteria can quickly reproduce to dangerous levels. The same goes with human injested meat. Id suggest not leaving it out for more than an hour. They are small and thaw quite quickly. I use some warm water and a ziplock bag and they thaw really quick:)

Good luck
 
Ok thanks for all the help :) I'll keep you posted on what happens. Also Johan I will bare in mind the defrosting in warm water idea, I am quite cautious personally about leaving raw meat to defrost for too long for just that reason, so it stands up that I should be just as cautious with pinkies/mice. Plus I'm sure the slight warming effect on the mouse will be much appreciated by my snake :)
 
Defrosting a pinky over 4-5 hours shouldn't be a problem. One technique with picky feeders, it to leave them with the pinky overnight - a lot longer then 4-5 hours.

I suspect it was just too large a meal, too soon. There should be a sticky at the top of this forum section by Kathy Love on how to handle a regurge. The first advice is to leave 10 days after a regurge, before feeding again. The digestive system needs time to recover before you try again. Then go for a smaller meal than usual and build up food size gradually if that stays down.
 
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