Hey, man!

Here's just some standard stuff for baby snakes:

Usually, it seems that smaller snakes do better in smaller spaces, especially nervous ones. It's almost counterintuitive. You'd think he'd want as much room as possible because that's what you'd want, but he really just wants to hide and be warm. He'll grow into the larger cages later, but when they're new and stressed, you want to kind of build up their confidence. If they feel like they're out in the open, they may fear that some predator will pick them off. In my personal opinion, I think stress can lead to regurgitation.

I keep babies in little sterilite shoe boxes. It's in a rack system because I have a few, but you could probably just get one and put some heat tape or a heat pad on one side so that he has a temperature gradient if you’re only planning to have one snake. If you’re planning to raise a few baby snakes, a shoebox rack system will change your snake keeping experience forever. Your cage and heat situation will make or break you every time. Anyway, make sure he can choose to be cool or warm at any time. I think the night drop is a good thing. I use it for all of my snakes. It seems more natural and seems to give them a "break" at night.

Anyway, another thing that can cause regurgitation is parasites. I don't care how great they look or who they came from, I check every fecal I can until I get 3 clean ones in a row or until I find something. If I find parasites, I treat them and start retesting to look for 3 clean fecals starting 2 weeks after the last dose of meds.

This is just some simple stuff, but I find it eliminates about 90-95% of my problems with baby snakes.

Bottom line:

1. small, well heated cage

2. check for and eliminate parasites.

Of course, now that he's puking, wait 10-14 days before feeding again, maybe soak him to rehydrate him and feed him something way smaller than what you'd "normally" feed him.

Just what I think. There are a lot of people on this forum with some really good ideas, too. Hopefully, they'll chime in.

Good luck!

Aaron

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