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I have this baby boa that i bought at a Reptile show in Jacksonville fl, last month. for the first 2 weeks i had him he ate his frozen fuzzys like a champ, i fed him lastnight and this afternoon i noticed that he reguratated his meal. the cage temp is normal, i have a basking lamp and a under tank heater, why is he all of a sudden reguratating his meal? i get my frozen fuzzys from Petco. could it be a bad fuzzy? should i try a live one next week?

I wouldn't get too worked up over it. Babies do it sometimes, oh well.... May have been too big of a meal, the boa may have been stressed from being handles, could have been a number of things. I wouldnt get too concerned. If it is already eating frozen, keep giving frozen. However, wait a week to try again. Babies stomachs get thrown off very easily when the regurge. If you feed it again too soon, it will regurge again. I usually wait a week before offering food again, and they never seem to have a problem.

hope this helps

Two weeks is much better for the animals recovery.
I'm guessing it may be heat related,you say you have a lamp and a UTH source ?
Boa do not need basking spots from over head sources if the under cage source is sufficient.Dehydration will also play a part in boa regurge. Overhead heat sources deplete humidity.

I would give the animal a good soak a few days before the next feeding trail on the second week of recovery.

>>I wouldn't get too worked up over it. Babies do it sometimes, oh well.... May have been too big of a meal, the boa may have been stressed from being handles, could have been a number of things. I wouldn't get too concerned. If it is already eating frozen, keep giving frozen. However, wait a week to try again. Babies stomachs get thrown off very easily when the regurg. If you feed it again too soon, it will regurge again. I usually wait a week before offering food again, and they never seem to have a problem.
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>>hope this helps