Diamond eating trouble

[Divan]

Hey my diamond is having trouble keeping his food in, the other week i baught him quals to try something new and he regergitated it, so i thought tht he only did that due to not being used to them.. so I went out and baught him rats again (which he normaly eats without any dramas) i fed him last night and this morning found tht he had regergitated the rat aswell.
so i duno what im doing wrong, ive had him for two years and ive never had any troubles.

 

[Jay84]

What are the temps? Is it too cold? I know you say you have had him for 2 years but have the temps changed?

Could he have an obstruction?

 

[Divan]

i have changed the temps, i turned it down to 25 about a month ago
should i increase it again?

 

[Jay84]

Does this coincide with the regurgitation? It may be that there is not enough heat to digest his meal properly. If he wasn't to regurgitate it, the meal may rot inside the snake causing death.

You should be providing a basking spot of approx 30 degrees for him for about 4 - 5 hours a day.

 

[mungus]

i have changed the temps, i turned it down to 25 about a month ago
should i increase it again?

Turned what down ?
The hot spot ?

 

[Divan]

yer the hot spot, it was winter..

 

[Wally]

Turning down temps coincides with food being withheld.

 

[Divan]

so i should start amping the heat up again?
i turned it up to 29 last night..

 

[JAS101]

yer the hot spot, it was winter..

really i dont think u should have touched the temp , just adjusted how long it was on for [ day cycle]

 

[mungus]

yer the hot spot, it was winter..

Hot spot never changes..................only the day cycle.
My young adults/adults never get night heat.
If your feeding, then you should definately have a hot spot of 30-32 deg. for him to bask under during the day.
Night temps should'nt really drop under 20 deg. as well.

 

[Jay84]

My diamond has a hot spot of approx 30 - 32 degrees for 5 hours a day. No other heating is provided. In winter the ambient temps drop to around 10 degrees, sometimes cooler. He is a little fatty and eats like a machine (including human fingers) lol

 

[mungus]

10 degrees can be a bit too cold mate..........
would'nt let the temps go below 14-15 deg. if I was you.
In winter they get the hot spot for the full daylight hrs.
In summer its basically the first 5 or 6 hrs of the day, then its room temps.

 

[Jay84]

10 degrees can be a bit too cold mate..........
would'nt let the temps go below 14-15 deg. if I was you.
In winter they get the hot spot for the full daylight hrs.
In summer its basically the first 5 or 6 hrs of the day, then its room temps.

Diamonds in the wild would experience alot colder temps than 10 degrees. Being found as south as Gippsland in Victoria...... it's freezing there!

 

[mungus]

Well you dont see to many out in the middle of winter when the temps are that low mate.
Their snuggled away in a warm tight spot somewhere.
Unfortunately, the enclosures we keep them in.......we control the conditions.
10 degree's IMO is to cold.

 

[Jay84]

I can assure you my temps dont drop that low in summer, as stated above, they are winter temps. Even on cold winter nights around 15 degrees, he will be active patrolling his cage. I have been quite surprised at his activity on such low temp nights.

He also has a nice hide spot where he can also curl up in, in times of cool temps. He is 9 years old now and is thriving on these cold winter night time temps and day hot spot.

 

[Divan]

Thanx heaps for all the help i was always unsure about the winter temps and didnt know about the basking spot needing to stay the same throughout the year..
i have now changed the temps back to normal and I will feed him again tomorow and see how everything turns out,

 

[cement]

I'm not feeding any diamonds yet. Its still to cold at night. They are rooting not feeding at this time of year.

 

[MoOrelia]

Hi there, i did a lot of research before getting my diamonds. And from what i know during winter most of the day in the diamonds python area its cold, not enough to digest a prey, so during this cool period (around 3 month) you usually don't feed them.
By the way diamonds are stunning: they can ,without any problem, stay months without eating (up to a year). Some hatclings had took there first prey 9 months after coming on earth !!!!!!

 

[cockney red]

Mine are all back feeding, after a 5 month fast..

 

[MoOrelia]

By the way i saw people keeping the basking spot at the same level all the year... more saftey of course but unatural.

I'am not australian ok, but i travelled a year trhough australia, and in the area where live the diamonds python, its not 30° in winter.... and at night it drop sometimes under 0. That's why usually 25° would be more apropriate i think.

But i met an european breeder who keep them 40° at the hot spot and 30° at the cold one....all the year like that .....