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the last two feedings (15 days apart) my CRB has regurged its meals. I am feeding F/T and small meals, around 1/2 to 3/4 girth of snake. One time was a small mouse and once was a large rat pink. My humidity is 60% with a humid hide, and the temps are a steady 82. I warmed it the tub to 85 three days before the second feeding. It is not in a shed. Any ideas.

Stress?... is it in a high traffic area?
do you handle it after you feed it?
does it have adequate hiding space?
do you keep constant light on the snake?

Derek is right that stress may be the problem. I would also drop the temperature. My Colombian Rainbows are in cages that are in the low 70s in the cool end and high 70s to low 80s on the warm end. They spend most of their time in the part of the cage that keeps their body temperature in the mid 70s.
Jeff

>>Stress?... is it in a high traffic area?
>>do you handle it after you feed it?
>>does it have adequate hiding space?
>>do you keep constant light on the snake?

All Good advice, I'd trust the temps to Jeff, he has experience with CRB's.

Now that you've had multiple regurge. STOP, wait at least two weeks and better three before attempting feeding again. Go with a small meal. If Jeff's right about your temps being too high, your CRB should keep that one down. Then wait two more weeks before feeding again. Still with a very small prey item. Once you have him/her holding food down, slowly work up size and frequency to normal.

Regurging will loose some (maybe lots) of the helpful bacteria and you need to slowly rebuild the colony.

>>Derek is right that stress may be the problem. I would also drop the temperature. My Colombian Rainbows are in cages that are in the low 70s in the cool end and high 70s to low 80s on the warm end. They spend most of their time in the part of the cage that keeps their body temperature in the mid 70s.
>>Jeff
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>>>>Stress?... is it in a high traffic area?
>>>>do you handle it after you feed it?
>>>>does it have adequate hiding space?
>>>>do you keep constant light on the snake?
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
19.29 BRB
14.19 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

Stress?...no
after feed handling....no
hides?...yes
constant light.....it only receives the light coming in the window in the room the rack is in unless I'm in there working. and the rack is in a shadier corner of the room.

Thanks for all the input. I will lower the temps to low to mid 70's and wait a few weeks before feeding. I am already feeding pretty small meals, should I try feeding even smaller?

Probably not smaller, rule of thumb would be half of a normal size meal. Keep us posted and good luck!!
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
19.29 BRB
14.19 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

jm,
..Rather than one temperature throughout the cage try to set it up with a temperature gradient from the low 70s at the cool end to the high 70s or low 80s at the warm end. That way the snake can find the part of the cage that has the temperature it wants.
Good luck,
Jeff

>>Stress?...no
>>after feed handling....no
>>hides?...yes
>>constant light.....it only receives the light coming in the window in the room the rack is in unless I'm in there working. and the rack is in a shadier corner of the room.
>>
>>Thanks for all the input. I will lower the temps to low to mid 70's and wait a few weeks before feeding. I am already feeding pretty small meals, should I try feeding even smaller?

there is a temp gradient. I have back heat on the rack. What I did last night was take the flexwatt off its unit and got a UTH with thermostat. Its now 71 cool end, and 77 warm. Humidity has been a steady 85% as of 9:30 last night. Moist hid is still in use.

>>jm,
>>..Rather than one temperature throughout the cage try to set it up with a temperature gradient from the low 70s at the cool end to the high 70s or low 80s at the warm end. That way the snake can find the part of the cage that has the temperature it wants.
>>Good luck,
>>Jeff
>>
>>>>Stress?...no
>>>>after feed handling....no
>>>>hides?...yes
>>>>constant light.....it only receives the light coming in the window in the room the rack is in unless I'm in there working. and the rack is in a shadier corner of the room.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks for all the input. I will lower the temps to low to mid 70's and wait a few weeks before feeding. I am already feeding pretty small meals, should I try feeding even smaller?