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Quick question: Is it fairly common for a young corn to regurge during shedding? I fed mine two days ago and noticed a partial shed the next morning. The day after that, I found a partially digested pinkie in the water bowl (gross).

As far as I can tell, there were none of the other "common" stressors in her environment: noises, handling, temperature flux, etc...

>>Quick question: Is it fairly common for a young corn to regurge during shedding? I fed mine two days ago and noticed a partial shed the next morning. The day after that, I found a partially digested pinkie in the water bowl (gross).
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>>As far as I can tell, there were none of the other "common" stressors in her environment: noises, handling, temperature flux, etc...

Shedding is in and of itself a stress. Digesting is another stress. So, when you combine that there was somewhere too much stress. Why a partial shed? Was she shedding in bits? Sometimes this is a symptom of illness and it is always a sign of something not right in it's environment. A corn should shed in one roll fairly commonly as they don't have involved humidity and temp requirements. Most people will recommend not feeding a snake that is opaque or about to shed.
I would also be suspicious of some other factor.
The first sign I had a protozoan in a couple of my snakes was stress similar to this during sheds. Something to think about.
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Sonya

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>>Quick question: Is it fairly common for a young corn to regurge during shedding? I fed mine two days ago and noticed a partial shed the next morning. The day after that, I found a partially digested pinkie in the water bowl (gross).
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>>As far as I can tell, there were none of the other "common" stressors in her environment: noises, handling, temperature flux, etc...

I agree with Sonya in that you might want to address the partial shed.
Maybe add a bigger water bowl and if you are using a screen top cover about half to three quarters of the top.
I have seen it a couple of times where a snake will regurge with a shed. It seems like these were on the second day after feeding. (regurge and shed together)
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Corn snakes and rat snakes..No one can have just one.
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Jimmy Johnson
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Yes, that's pretty much what happened.

I also should clarify: the she was just in two pieces, one on either side of the tank. It wasn't like it was shredded into tiny pieces.

>>Yes, that's pretty much what happened.
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>>I also should clarify: the she was just in two pieces, one on either side of the tank. It wasn't like it was shredded into tiny pieces.

Glad to hear ther are no shed problems. Thats good.
I would make sure the temps were OK and not worry too much.
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Corn snakes and rat snakes..No one can have just one.
"Resistance is futile"
Jimmy Johnson
(Draybar)
Draybars Snakes

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I've had snakes that have regurged because they were fed while in a shed cycle.(sometimes it's hard to tell with snows as to when they are in a shed). As a general rule of thumb I do not feed snakes going through a shed cycle.

It would be a good idea to wait 7 days before attempting to feed your snake that has regurged.

Tim

Third Eye