Thick in the back before the vent? That is constipation. Looks like you overfed your BCC. It would be a very good idea once you get this all straighted out, if you started feeding one rat per feeding, just pick the right sized rat (the widest part of the rat the same size as the widest part of the snake on empty).

How soon after the regurg did you feed again? If you fed it again two large rats two weeks later this is certainly the cause of the second regurg. It is very bad for a snake to regurg (especially 2 rats regured at one time! yikes!), plus it can become a habit, especially with a BCC Wait a month, then feed it one small-medium rat. This will allow time for the ripped up insides of your poor snake to heal up. If it can keep that down then in another two weeks try a medium rat. If that stays down you can go to the right sized prey then.

If the snake regurges again after the wait and the smaller prey, take it to the vet. You need to answer all thoe other questions bcijoe asked too, like did you change the type of food etc. Most likly though you just overfed it.

Good luck,
Caden

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• regurge - pyboa, Wed Jul 19 00:58:41 2006
• RE: regurge - bcijoe, Wed Jul 19 07:23:53 2006
• RE: regurge - pyboa, Wed Jul 19 14:54:27 2006
• RE: regurge - slithering_serpents, Wed Jul 19 15:16:10 2006
• RE: regurge - slithering_serpents, Wed Jul 19 15:17:15 2006
• correction - slithering_serpents, Wed Jul 19 15:18:41 2006
• RE: correction - pyboa, Thu Jul 20 01:58:21 2006
• RE: correction - bcijoe, Thu Jul 20 07:39:53 2006
• RE: correction - pyboa, Thu Jul 20 08:04:59 2006
• RE: correction - bcijoe, Thu Jul 20 13:55:14 2006
• RE: correction - pyboa, Thu Jul 20 18:43:15 2006
• RE: correction - bcijoe, Fri Jul 21 08:52:42 2006
• RE: correction - pyboa, Sat Jul 22 03:19:16 2006