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So, my sister bought what is probably a month old corn at the NARBC show last Saturday. The guy we got it from said it had fed fine on F/T pinkies, so we gave it a go. The snake swallowed the mouse down fine, but my sister came back to me today and said that it had thrown up the food (she thought it was poop, but it was def. a regurge). Anywho, I was wondering what could have caused this. The only things i've heard of that cause regurgitation are temperature, stress, and prey size.

She doesn't have a heat pad on the cage right now, but it has been about 84 degrees the past few days. I'm going to go out and buy a heating pad for it irregardless, but I was wondering if anyone had any other ideas? The snake is currently housed in a 10g on Cocofiber.

Sorry, I forgot to post the picture.

Is the room 84? Also, if it is a new snake it is probably stressed out. Don't handle it until it is eating fine.
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.1 Snow Corn "Hope"
1. Striped Anery Corn "Vendetta"
1. Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Chunk" (Goonies)
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My room is 84, but I have a ton of lamps and such. It's been really toasty in SoCal lately.

Do snakes barf from high heat, or just low heat?

That's too warm!!!!! Little guys will often regurge when kept that warm. And they regurge from stress. How big is that cage? Now that is has regurged, get the temp down, don't handle and wait 10 days or so before trying to feed again. Cages that dwarf the little ones can also be a stressor. Good luck and let us know how it goes!!!
Shalom,
Pat

It's a 10g cage.

I'll have her put the cage in a different area. Thanks guys!