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Hi all,

My king decided to puke up her mouse after eating it 2 days prior. What is the best way to handle this because she kept the other one down. Someone once told me that if it ever happens I should wait like 2-3 weeks before feeding again and then when I do feed to you much smaller mice then normal and slowly increase their size throughout feedings. Is there any truth to this? Thanks for the help in advance. She is an adult that is 40" long and approx a golf ball size in thickness if not a little bit larger.

Nice looking king, wait about 10 days or 2 weeks and feed one mouse to see if she keeps it down. It sound like she just overate.
Good luck; Bob
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Or she may be about to enter a shed cycle. Sometimes they will regurge just before going blue.
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There is a TON of truth to that!, because you SHOULD wait at least around 10 days to give the snake time enough to replenish the acids/enzymes, electrolytes, and other gut flora(organisms) that the stomach needs for proper digestion. And yes, when you DO offer the next meal, make sure it is substancially smaller so you make SURE it gets digested properly. See, the problem is, regurgitations have a "domino" affect in that it can cause continuous subsequent regurges if the proper action is not recognized and taken. Very young ,delicate snakes are especially vulnerable to this, and can dehydrate and die in fairly short order.

So yes, wait a good while, and feed small for a few meals, this will pay off in a big way for the snake.

BTW,..nice looking animal!

~Doug
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

Doug is right, and I could not agree more.
The key is time and being gradual.
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Is there any type of grace period I should give the snake before I try to handle her again due to the puking incident?

Well, if it is a really calm, and easy-going snake that is VERY used to being handled, I don't guess it would do much harm to hold it just a bit now and then, but if it is a little "high-strung", it would really be best to leave it alone as much as possible. However, DO NOT hold it AT ALL after you offer it a much smaller rodent 10 to 14 days from now. This is crucial!

~Doug
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

"You got to know when to hold it."=Kenny Rogers(and the first edition-is anyone else fossilized enough to know who that was)?

hahaha!, yes, very familiar with it!

~Doug
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"