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Thunderbird
at Thu Sep 25 09:39:45 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Thunderbird ]
This is an adaptation of a post I sent in response to a similar problem from the boa forum. I am largely in agreement with some of the other posters on this thread:
I would check your temperatures. Make sure your snake has a warm spot to bask in to digest its meal. If possible, provide one in a hide if your snake likes to hide after it eats. After a week, there is no doubth that the main digestive process should be complete, so a regurgitation this late after feeding probably indicates that the food item is rotting in the snake's digestive system, rather than being digested and absorbed. If your snake is not dangerously underweight, I would wait at least a couple of weeks before feeding again. This will allow your snake's digestive system to recover. As an aside, you might want to record the weight of the food item and the weight of the snake at each feeding. If you have problems, feed a smaller percentage food item at a slightly longer interval.
Good luck.
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