snake regurgetation
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andynic07
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They can regurgitate if they are cold or the food is bad and I have heard of wild snakes regurgitating food when caught by relocators, there are possibly other reasons as well to my knowledge.
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ssnakeboyy
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Snowman
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Worst smell I have ever smelt.... A regurgitated day old chick...
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Trimeresurus
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I raise your day old chick with these adult mice and 300g rat remains - not much makes me gag, but this...
sd1981
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Yep, the smell of a regurgitated jumbo rat is the worst... Had been digested to the point of needing to mop it up.... Sick just thinking about it......
andynic07
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I just looked at a snake site and apparently there is a difference between "vomiting" and "regurgitating" and the difference is whether the food item makes it to the stomach or not and if it has made it to the stomach and started to break down it is vomited. I have never heard any snake people call it vomiting and I have heard a few stories of it being "regurgitated" half broken down. Anyone else have thoughts on this?
My Snakes have never vomited/regurgitated. At least I don't think so...
However the smallest out of the lot has at times given up half way through downing a meal.
What would that be classed as? Since the meal is yet to be swallowed whole or broken down at all.
However the smallest out of the lot has at times given up half way through downing a meal.
What would that be classed as? Since the meal is yet to be swallowed whole or broken down at all.
andynic07
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Possibly be classed as Lazy. Haha. I am happy to call it all regurgitation but was interested in there apparently being a technical difference.
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Trimeresurus
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Regurgitating.
Doesn't help that the silly bugger (the majority of times a regurge has happened, which is rare, probably three times in his life) has tried to eat his meal backwards.
Did this to a week-old Quail not last feed but the time before.
Yet five days later when he ate the same type of meal the proper way around. Had no trouble with it.
I would personally would leave it for 2 weeks... if your snake has regurgitated its food it is because it was to cold I would be waiting until its really active again. I have seen snakes that have had a rat rot in their gut because they fed to late before cooling for breeding, you don't want to put food in there if the digestive system is running on all cylinders. going two weeks without food isn't going to hurt it, keep an eye out for R.I., keep the temperature right not to high or low as this can cause R.I. and I would limit handling until its feeding again. the best thing you can do is just leave it alone for a while, its hard because you are worried about it but not stressing it out further is important
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