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My male 2007 boa was given an adult size mouse and regurged it. I gave it the same size mouse several weeks ago without any problems. What is the best advice for boa's on how to treat a regurge?

Thanks

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Temps ?
High heat will cause . . . . .Could there have been a temp spike ?
Prey size ?
To large of prey will cause . . . .
Feed schedule ? some animals will not take/retain prey every week.Although they take it(consume)doesn't mean they will nor have to retain it.
Excessive handling prior to feeding?(stress)
Closely monitor temps/humidity for 2 weeks(14 days)before attempting the next feed.
After two weeks attempt feeding and if the animal regures again then I would see a Vet.
If at all possible recover any fresh fecal for immediate analysis.

Point is dont freak out,allow for system recovery before next feeding attempt.

(speculation mode off)

>>My male 2007 boa was given an adult size mouse and regurged it. I gave it the same size mouse several weeks ago without any problems. What is the best advice for boa's on how to treat a regurg?
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>>Thanks
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TnK

First off.......an adult mouse for on 07 is a little too large of a meal. Neonate boas have a sensitive digestive system, and a regurge wont help matters....Give the little fella some time to recoup and in a week or two offer a hopper mouse every 7-10 days. You do not want to push a baby boa by offering too large of a meal or you will ulitmately hurt the snake.

Jared
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It depends on their size! I have two neonates that have been eating mice since they were 3 weeks old, no lie. They have not been pushed but were born enormous. But then I have three more tiny babies, that still are eating fuzzies! It's dependent on the size of babies. Some babies are really quite large. All 5 babies are colombian bcis.

It's most likely your temps are too low, or you had temnperature spikes that were too hot. Do you have a thermostat? This might help you if your room tends to have temperture spikes. This is porecisely why a rheostat may not be enough. If your basking spot temp and warm side is too low you can get regurges too. Maybe the problem is the way you're measuring your temps. Get a temp gun, and shoot the temps right on the top of the strata down where the snake lives. Don't forget to shoot the temp under the hide box on the warm side. One time I had black hide boxes and inside the hide got too hot although the rest of the cage was fine, and I got a regurge from that hide box. Those are the most common reasons: husbandry problems. A stool sample to the vet never hurts though. If you fix all this stuff, and you still get a regurge you should take the snake to the vet.

What to do now? Wait two weeks then feed a pinky only. If it stays down then slowly increase the size of the prey at subsequent feedings slowly. Next week try a fuzzy and so on.

Good luck
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Caden Chapman
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http://slitheringserpents.com

Too many things to count can cause a regurge. Most were already mentioned, so I won't "regurge" whats already been said. But an adult mouse sounds a bit big, depending on when in 07 it was born.

But I will recommend this stuff to anyone who has a regurge problem, or runny stools from there snakes, basically anything GI related. I swear by it. It's helped plenty in the past with problem Neonates. I still use it in a maintenance sort of way every few months, on every snake I own.

NUTRIBAC df

Good luck with the problem.
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Richard Carew
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