You need to try to figure out why it happened. If these are your first suri's they are very different than colombians, as far as regurgitation goes. The same sized Colombian can eat a much larger meal without regurging. Keep the meals smaller even after this is over. If you snake is wild caught, get a fecal sample on it. If it has parasites there's Flagyl and also Panacur, but they are for different parasites, so get the tests first, and at that time the vet can weigh your snake, and dose your snake properly. If it was jellylike, it regurged after a few days because digestion was already taking place, but the stench is the rotting flesh. If it isn't wild caught, it was likely too large a prey item or the wrong temps. You said 80-90 degrees, but you didn't say what the temps were on the cool side, the warm side, and the hot spot, in the daytime and at night. It's impossible to tell if your temps are right from your description. Please clarify them.

This poor guy has regurged 3 times in 6 months. Did you stop feeding for a while then feed tiny prey items each time, or not? How big/old is this boa? Is it wild caught?

Caden Chapman
slithering.serpents@gmail.com

>>Well I went out of town on Thursday, Fed the kids Thursday morning before we left. We came home Sunday night, opened the door and were knocked out by the smell of a rotting body! I'm surprised the neighbors didn't call the cops to come investigate!
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>>My juvenile suri had puked again, 3rd time since I bought him. I've had him about 6 months now. I thought the first time might be because the meal wasn't thoroughly thawed, So I have been dilegent to have them warmed properly. Husbandry--> they are in boaphile enclosures 80-90 degrees, I mist them every now and then. SO what now??? I've heard about using flagyl to end this problem, anyone up to date on dosing/ frequency/ route etc???
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>>Thanks in advance,
>>Tony.

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• Regurg problems, need help! - tonyc, Mon Feb 26 15:33:02 2007
• RE: Regurg problems, need help! - ChrisGilbert, Mon Feb 26 15:58:59 2007
• RE: Regurg problems, need help! - bcijoe, Mon Feb 26 16:14:21 2007
• RE: Regurg problems, need help! - ChrisGilbert, Mon Feb 26 16:18:47 2007
• RE: Regurg problems, need help! - Slithering_Serpents, Mon Feb 26 17:19:13 2007
• OK, A little more info. - tonyc, Mon Feb 26 21:10:01 2007
• RE: OK, A little more info. - bcijoe, Tue Feb 27 10:41:27 2007
• RE: OK, A little more info. - ChrisGilbert, Tue Feb 27 15:48:18 2007