Can someone please tell me why my neonate Suriname female is vomiting? She eats, three days later she blows a partially digested mouse up in her water, repeat.

Anyone with red tail experience, please pitch in.

I don't know if this is husbandry, illness or what.

For what it's worth, she's in a 45 gallon rubbermaid container, small hidebox, water bowl and two crossed sticks, newspaper substrate. Temperature ranges from 81-86 degrees in the snake room and I'm not handling her at all.

First night she threw up a small mouse, waited a few days and now it's like clockwork. Eat, digest, puke.

None of my other god knows how many snakes are acting this way.

The fellow I purchased them from isn't much help, I'm afraid. He says to wait 10 days and then give her a pinky mouse. A German website on boa constrictors says the same thing. Maybe they're right?

Any thoughts?

Thanks

Steve Ford

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• Regurgitation in Neonate Red Tail - SteveFord, Mon Feb 26 18:34:36 2007
• RE: Regurgitation in Neonate Red Tail - RioBravoReptiles, Mon Feb 26 18:48:06 2007
• RE: Regurgitation in Neonate Red Tail - ChrisGilbert, Mon Feb 26 18:52:59 2007
• RE: Regurgitation in Neonate Red Tail - SteveFord, Mon Feb 26 19:21:50 2007
• RE: Regurgitation in Neonate Red Tail - strictly4fun, Mon Feb 26 20:05:55 2007
• RE: Regurgitation in Neonate Red Tail - AshLopez, Mon Feb 26 23:14:38 2007
• RE: Regurgitation in Neonate Red Tail - SteveFord, Tue Feb 27 05:56:01 2007