Jorge,

Like I said in my post, I have no idea what people do with their snakes in their collection unless I go into their snakeroom and pinpoint it. There could be several factors...



..For instance, I did not know you keep your snakes in a warm room with no heat gradient. i just assumed from all the discussions here. That you were giving them choices.



Also, since this is the kingsnake forum. I assumed we were also talking about kingsnakes. Not other species like some mentioned here. For instance I discovered that mexican pitopus regurge from eating a lot because it is the hair on the rodents 9maybe it has something to do with the prey items in the wild) so i started feeding hairless rats. That solved the problem with regurges. Also rosy boas. You cannot give rosys water right before or for sevral days after they eat..or they WILL regurge.



So without seeing what you or anyone else is doing. i can't tell what it is. Maybe you are missing something simple..or at least what i think is common knowlegde. I have no idea.



I do know that water bowls are another culprit. And ever since my journey with rosys I offer water one day and remove and disinfect the bowls the next day. I use bleach and amonia in a bucket and dump the old water bowls in that. Also by removing the bowls and replacing them again later. It keeps the cages cleaner.



I know Lloyd Lemke only offereed water bowls one day per week. he put all his water bowls in one day. Remeoved the next. he also made sure the snakes that needed humidity had that.



The opnly time I really keep water bowsl in 24/7 si when I have a gravid female..during and after laying! Which is what most do is the opposite for they fear the snakes laying in the water dish...



which brings me to nesting. SNAKES NEST. If they do, they would not lay in a water bowl. i had a gravid snake last night at about 1a.m. shoot out of its nesting box/unit whn i opened the cage..I recognized this that she did not like something , duuuh, lol.. I have the other gravid females in the same set up. Yet this particular female did not like her nesting box. She was moving and trying desperatly to get out and find another spot. She was unrestful and rubbing her nose against teh unit.. So I tried a different nesting material and she settled down today. MAYBE be she didn't care for the nesting mixture I used for the other snakes? I am not sure. But I will try something until it works. So should everyone reading this!!!!!!!! Try new things and understand that even within a large colletion like mine , evven though this one snake did not like her laybox. I had to change it.



So when a snake does something weird like regurge. I assume people will read what the snake is saying..even if it does not fit into our box of thinking, or the other snakes seem fine. Sometimes you have to make adjustmenst based on their individual bahvior...EXAMPLE: trying hariless mice (only 25 cents for large adults) and changing water bowls, not offering water , offering himid areas. etc



I am trying to help. But without being there and seeing. I can't tell. I have been to other peoples houses and can narrow the probelm down in seconds. But without seeing the exact circumstances it is hard to give exact advice.
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