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Winter time. Even if if your snake room is temp correct. They know it's winter. They won't eat right. (regurgatating and such) This shorter day light has an overall effect on them. Cutting back on there food is normal for winter. Trying to feed at a normal pace through out the year is not normal. Think how they would be in the wild. You are trying to power feed through the winter. That's not normal. If your bio, clock says its Thanksgiving you eat. If it's winter your snake knows not to eat as much. Some with a strong feed response will over eat and thier body will regurg. Try not to think of how perfect you can recreate their perfect enviroment, but how to reproduce nature.

If your snakes are regurgitating it's something more serious than it being winter.I've never heard of such a thing as snakes regurging because its winter.Boas live in warm climates year round in their natural habitat they have rainy seasons not winter snowfalls and freezing temps.My snakes eat perfectly fine throughout the winter months.I shorten my snakes daylight and feeding for breeding purposes only. I keep them at the same temps year round NO COOLING.

Regurge has nothing to do with winter (unless you've let the temps get low and they can't digest).

My Boas all eat through the winter without incident. They are not powerfed, or overfed.

No my snakes are'nt regurging. I just trying to understand why I keep seeing all these post about it this time of year. I do live in Fl. and my snakes are out side. But they are used to it and have no problems.