>>In September I had a total of 11 colubrids which included 8 >ratsnakes, 2 cornsnakes, and 1 milksnake. I have a custom tank >6'tall by 4' long by 2' wide in which all of them live..

May I first just say "Yikes!" This is like the poster child for why not to keep snakes together.

>>A couple of months later the male threw up a meal and died. >I thought maybe the temperature in the tank wasn't high enough, >though I've had snakes for 3 years and never had trouble >before.

>I made sure it was 82F with cooler and warmer areas. Then the >other snakes started throwing up.

This should have been the time for a vet. And I don't understand why you don't think it would have been productive. You would have had a treatment plan or a way to euthanize rather than just letting them struggle and die.
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Sonya

Haven't we warned you about tampering with the structure of a chaotic system?
Mrs. Neutron

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• Help - Vomiting, paralysis, death - thesamuraigeisha, Wed Apr 19 09:30:03 2006
• RE: Help - Vomiting, paralysis, death - AJCrader, Wed Apr 19 10:27:07 2006
• RE: Help - Vomiting, paralysis, death - Sonya, Wed Apr 19 11:28:50 2006
• RE: Help - Vomiting, paralysis, death - thesamuraigeisha, Wed Apr 19 13:42:41 2006
• RE: Sorry to hear of this... - epidemic, Wed Apr 19 15:12:26 2006
• Sorry to hear your bad news - BobS, Wed Apr 19 20:53:15 2006
• Thanks for the advice - thesamuraigeisha, Thu Apr 20 10:21:29 2006
• RE: Thanks for the advice - kingsnaken, Thu Apr 20 11:12:23 2006
• RE: BobS - epidemic, Thu Apr 20 15:15:51 2006
• Jeff...... - BobS, Thu Apr 20 15:44:26 2006
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• RE: LOL.. - epidemic, Tue Apr 25 14:40:06 2006
• Not to be insensitive..... - BobS, Fri Apr 21 07:55:32 2006
• OOPS! wrong Forum..sorry nm - BobS, Fri Apr 21 08:11:08 2006
• RE: Help - Vomiting, paralysis, death - housesnakes, Thu Apr 20 22:02:21 2006