the.badger
Well-Known Member
Hey all, today's feeding day so we went to the aquarium and got some rats. I was concerned one of my snakes (2 yo carpet) needed to go up a size in rats because last time we fed him on a weener I didn't even notice a bulge. Lady at the shop said we should be on sub adult rats which I thought looked massive, but she showed me some of her snakes that she feeds sub adults to and they were a bit smaller than our coastal, so we got a sub adult to try. He took it and ate it, and the bulge is HUGE, about twice the width of his body. His scales are all spread out to accomodate it...
So I guess what I'm asking is, what happens if your snake takes a rat that's too big? Has anyone had this happen before? I'm thinking regurgitation, prolapse.... or he could just digest it and be fine? What should I be looking out for?
I would get pics of the bulge but he's in his hide and I don't want to stress him out. I'm surprised he even fit in his hide at all
Yeah I'm stressing.
So I guess what I'm asking is, what happens if your snake takes a rat that's too big? Has anyone had this happen before? I'm thinking regurgitation, prolapse.... or he could just digest it and be fine? What should I be looking out for?
I would get pics of the bulge but he's in his hide and I don't want to stress him out. I'm surprised he even fit in his hide at all
Yeah I'm stressing.