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young snake regurgitating..help!

uhhlxxiss

uhhlxxiss

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my boyfriend and i recently bought two baby corn snakes from a private breeder. they are approximately 14 weeks old now, and one of the corns has been regurgitating the pinkies we have been feeding her since we took her home on june 7th. both snakes were in a 20 gallon tank with both day and night bulbs, eco earth substrate, water dish,and hiding spots on both the cold and hot sides of the tank. the hot side is kept at around 84 degrees and the cooler side is around 72 degrees. the breeder that we got them from had been feeding them small frozen pinkies once per week. we fed them both 3 days after we got them home. the one snake had no problem with it, but the other regurgitated it a day and a half later. we called the breeder and he said to check the temperature and try feeding a smaller pinkie 10 days later. so we tried again and fed her just the head of the pinkie and she regurgitated that one too.. :( we were unaware of the fact that housing them together can cause stress, and that the tank size could also be contributing to that, so we separated the snakes and moved them to 10 gallons instead. i'm still really worried about her being starving and i'm not sure what else to do. the temperature is right and the tank seems to be set up correctly from what i've read/heard. the pinkies have always been thoroughly thawed out too. we have yet to try again, it will be 1o days since the last regurge on sunday, so we will try again then, but does anyone have any tips or experience with this type of situation? thanks for the help.

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Yeah regurging is never good. If you haven't got it yet get Kathy & Billy love's book, it will help you learn most things you need to know about keeping corn snakes.

http://www.amazon.com/Corn-Snakes-C...0706/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1309574650&sr=8-1

Also I hope your not handling them after feeding. They need a few days to digest before being handled. 10 days should be a long enough wait. Try again if it eats leave it alone in it's tank to fully digest it's meal before doing anything with it.
 
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