Yes, I know it may seem long for some but that's how I handled it in the past. I originally had the problem with some cape gophers in the early 90's. Some did not fair that well, if they regurged, over the long term. Though I never waited more than one or two weeks before I attempted to feed them again.

Late 90's into early 2000 I kept a large group of western hognose. Every now and again one would regurge. After a regurge
some went off feed for 2-4 months. When they fed again, they were OK. The individuals that regurged and then aggressively fed soon after, one to two weeks when offered food never did make it. Not one. They would typically regurge again, and go straight down hill from there.

At the time, I had some young bullsnakes. This particular group had problems. If any showed even the slightest bulge after feeding it would come right back up with-in 4 days. Difference with the bulls though was they all would want food, anytime offered. Sometimes the day after a regurge. Some I fed smaller size, extremely small sized actually, feed in relative to the larger size feed you would normally assume easily consumed by such an individual. Did not matter. They would easily regurge even the small size feed when offered one to two weeks later. Three times was not a charm for these guys. Once after any regurged 3 times it was down hill from there no matter what I tried.

The hognose that went off feed after a regurge for quite sometime, appeared to always do well with the time off. After noticing this, any time anything regurged there after, I would not even attempt to feed again for 5 weeks. If their weight looked ok I would go longer. It worked for me.

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