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any advice on beationg chronic regurgitation in baby suri and guyana boas?

Includeany info you have on

-advised temps

-Prey size & frequency

I've used Nutribac on neonate BCC & BCA with regurge syndrome
and I've never had a boa die on me.

It's a powdered supplement that you put in the water, and on
the prey item.

The obvious things to look out for are temps & humidity. Use
small prey items. Raising the humidity may help...

It's always important to make sure the boas don't have internal parasites, as a heavy parasite load can cause regurges too. If that has been checked/treated, the above advice was very good. Just be sure to wait about 14 days after a regurge before offering food again so the body has time to replenish stomach acids.

How many times have they regurged? (hoping it's not chronic yet) Wait two weeks before feedings after a regurg. Feed a prey item about 1/4 the size you normally would, so probably for babies you're gonna have to find the smallest mouse pinkies you can. Feed them pinkies for three feedings running then start to increase the prey size, GRADUALLY. Normal sized prey is the same size around as the boa (on empty). Leave the boas alone after it reguges, let it recover. A regurgitation in a boa is a serious matter, and even more serious in BCCs. If you have never had them before you need to read up on the differences between them and colombians. You can't stuff these BCCs from the Amazon Basin like you can a BCI. Feed less often and less large prey items. Once it IS chronic it's a huge problem for BCCs. I feed my BCCs once every week and a half, not weekly like my Colombians. I keep my temps slighty higher than with BCIs too. I ever let them go below 82F as a night time low on the cool side. I keep their hot spot 93F and their warm side high by day at 88F.

Good luck
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