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08-08-2006, 10:16 AM
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Snakes regurged meal
I fed all three of my baby corns last night, and by tonight, all three of them has regurgitated the mouse.
They had been really healthy and had eaten many times before with no problems. I bought new pinkies for the feeding, they must have been sick pinkies or something.
I already gotten all the advice I need from another forum and a breeder friend. Don't know why I am posting. I just feel really terrible.
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08-08-2006, 10:28 AM
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Hello,
You got advice from another forum! Hiow dare you! lol I am glad someone was able to give you a hand. Hopefully the next feeding yields better results. Keep us posted!
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08-08-2006, 04:45 PM
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Well thanks for the reply. Wasn't really ready for the joking around because, well, they can die after one or two more regurges. They are babies. But thanks for trying to lighten up the mood a bit. Honestly, not saying that hastily. Didn't really work but worth a try. Next feeding will be of smaller mice or even partial mice and at 3 times the usual interval in days for the next month or two, just to try to get them to eat again without killing them.
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08-08-2006, 04:52 PM
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huh??
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08-08-2006, 04:54 PM
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Anthony are you not handleing them after feedings,,and what are your temps. Is the pinkie to large for them?
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Well thanks for the reply. Wasn't really ready for the joking around because, well, they can die after one or two more regurges. They are babies. But thanks for trying to lighten up the mood a bit. Honestly, not saying that hastily. Didn't really work but worth a try. Next feeding will be of smaller mice or even partial mice and at 3 times the usual interval in days for the next month or two, just to try to get them to eat again without killing them.
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Sorry you didn't get a kick out of my joking.(I wasn't trying to poke fun of your situation.)
Who told you that another regurge or 2 will kill the snakes? I have never heard that before. Regurgitation does take a lot out of a snake, but I have never heard of it killing a snake though.
I am somewhat confused by your next statement. What do you mean you will be feeding "partial" mice at 3 times the usual interval in days? The snakes will likely NOT take mice that have been chopped up. I could be wrong, but that would certainly be a first for my eyes/ears if they did. Are you intending on feeding them 3 times as much or are you going to offer food 3 times as often until they feed again?
How big are these pinkie mice you are offering?
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08-08-2006, 05:41 PM
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i used to give my newborn horned adders pinky parts....they were way to small for a newborn pink. I have heard of other cases when feeder body parts were used.
But I have also never heard of a snake dying because it has regurged more than twice???
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08-08-2006, 06:31 PM
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I cut my pinkies into threes when I fed my baby corn, as I could not get my hands on anything small enough for him to take whole. It seemed to work just fine, and in most cases he happily consumed all three bits. It's messy and not overly fun, but I know a lot of corns will take it.
I am sorry to hear about your troubles! Don't let yourself get too down yet. There must be a reason, and as the others have said... death doesn't look like the most likely result just now.
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08-08-2006, 08:53 PM
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Anthony a regurge or two will not kill the snake unless its already in extremely poor condition. Which I doubt with you! I have dealt with hatchlings that have had multiple bouts of regurgitation and once the problem was ironed out they did just fine. However you do want to avoid multiple regurges as it is hard on their systems.
It is highly unusual for all three to regurge together. Are the snakes in the same enclosure? Has it been overly warm in the room? Excessive temperatures either too hot or too cool can trigger a regurge. As can handling or disturbing them too soon after eating. I had one hatchling that if you so much as looked in the top he would return the mouse to you...ewwwww! Luckily he out grew it.
You know the drill. Give us as much info as you can about the setup temps etc and lets see we can't get this figured out.
And the pinkies being sick would not cause a regurge unless they were physically contaminated by some toxin.
In the wild it is the sick and injured that get eaten first.
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08-09-2006, 02:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Rich
Are you intending on feeding them 3 times as much or are you going to offer food 3 times as often until they feed again?
How big are these pinkie mice you are offering?
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Three times LESS often.
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0.0.1 Sulcata Tortoise - Mantow
0.0.1 Ball Python - Se se
0.1.0 Leucistic Texas Ratsnake - un-named (Suggestions welcome)
1.0.0 Blizzard Cornsnake het Anery A - Xiao Xiao
1.1.0 Normal Corn snake het Anery A het Amel 66% poss. het stripe - un-named
1.0.0 Red Chain Snake - un-named
0.0.1 Twin spotted rat snake - un-named
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