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RE: Regurgitation and losing weight

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Posted by: Rextiles at Fri May 25 20:58:48 2012   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Rextiles ]  
   

Make sure she has water at all times and that she is in fact drinking. Hognose aren't always the brightest crayon in the box and will sometimes overlook a waterbowl until you put it under their faces.

Reduce the size of food. While hognose tend to have a high metabolism, some don't digest food as fast as others. I have a couple of females that are like this despite being kept in the exact same conditions. For whatever reasons, if they are fed anything considered "normal" sized, they will regurge. But they do just fine with something half the size.

Make sure that there's an adequate cool spot. While snakes need heat to help digest their food, I have noticed that a when it gets hotter in my snake room during the summer, I see a few more regurges than I normally do. I believe this happens when a snake can't metabolize the food item fast enough but the excess heat causes the food to rot faster than the snake can digest it. They usually know where to be for proper digestion, so make sure they have adequate warm and cool spots.

I hope that is helpful!
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Troy Rexroth
Rextiles


   

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