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bcijoe
at Mon Feb 26 16:14:21 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by bcijoe ]
In my honest opinion/experience, if your ambient temps are 80-90, and your hot spot maybe 10-20 degrees warmer, it is way too hot in there, which will cause regurges sometimes.
I remember many, many years ago when I had a tiny room with snakes, and for a short time the temps were around high 80's to 90's, and I had regurge problems.
Another thing to keep in mind is how long the snake has held the meal.
If a boa ate yesterday and regurged last night, the meal was still in the upper portion of the esophagus/stomach, and hasn't reached the really strong stomach acids that breaks everything down.
Regurging at this stage is much less traumatic, less stressful on the animal, and they can be fed with a week or two after, with care/caution.
If the boa ate 3-4 days ago, and then regurges (the meal will highly likely be mush by now, unless the cage was too cold, not allowing digestion), this is far more traumatic on the animal, as it also passes up those strong stomach acids, and 'burns' and possible tears the stomach and esophagus on the way up.
In this case, the boa should be watched carefully and not fed for atleast 3 weeks or so until the insides heal. Feeding prematurely can easily cause death.
Start with Chris's advise and then we can move on.
Best wishes...
Joe
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Thanks and take care - Joe Rollo
'Tis not the stongest of the species that will eventually survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change' Charles Darwin
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RE: Regurg problems, need help! - bcijoe, Mon Feb 26 16:14:21 2007