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Hey everybody im pretty new to boas, however own several morelia species, I saw this pair of guyanas at a local show and just had to buy them.

however recently they have done nothing regurge meals, they have eaten for me before (Small rats) there yearlings.

They passed the other small rats fine, and the last two i fed them they just throw them up.

Is there some kind of parasite that could do this?
Is it something more specific to boas i should be doing?

There cage temps are a low of 70 to a hot of 95, with an ambient temp of 85,with moderate humidity.

both of them are still extremely active, and both since throwing up have taken rat pups and digested them just fine....have two big piles of crap.

I know that this is more of a serious matter and id like to figure out whats causing it and how to make it stop.
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Pat
"You keep WHAT in your freezer?" "Mice. And rats. If that bothers you, I can call them 'cows' instead."

1.1 Ill never tell...
1.0 100% het granite ij
0.1 granite ij
1.0 Jag 50% het granite
.2 striped coastals (Baylin)
1.2 Coastal Carpet Pythons
1.3 Jaguar carpet pythons (Australian addiction reptiles)
.2 Tiger Carpet (Dave prada HCQ with Baylin tiger)
1.1 centralian carpets (Futo)
1.1 Irian Jaya carpets (boa cabana)
1.1 Jungle carpets (Futo)
1.1 Guyana Red tail boa
1.1 Water pythons Liasis fuscus
1.0 Brazilian rainbow boa
.1 Pitbull Wolfe mix

I would suggest you continue to feed them rat pups for the next few meals to get their strength up, then give them meals that are no thicker than the thickest part of their body, no more than once every 2 weeks. Young basin redtails can be a little weak stomached as youngsters, so keep the meals small and infrequent.
Mike

The rats were smaller than the thickest part of their body by quite a bit. Note that they have successfully eaten small rats already just fine.

Didn't quite think theyd get the calcium they need being yearlings being fed rat pups.
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Pat
"You keep WHAT in your freezer?" "Mice. And rats. If that bothers you, I can call them 'cows' instead."

1.1 Ill never tell...
1.0 100% het granite ij
0.1 granite ij
1.0 Jag 50% het granite
.2 striped coastals (Baylin)
1.2 Coastal Carpet Pythons
1.3 Jaguar carpet pythons (Australian addiction reptiles)
.2 Tiger Carpet (Dave prada HCQ with Baylin tiger)
1.1 centralian carpets (Futo)
1.1 Irian Jaya carpets (boa cabana)
1.1 Jungle carpets (Futo)
1.1 Guyana Red tail boa
1.1 Water pythons Liasis fuscus
1.0 Brazilian rainbow boa
.1 Pitbull Wolfe mix

I had this problem a few years back and Big Mike from Basically Boas helped me out.

Mike told me to purchase NutriBac. This is a reptile supplement that puts back the organisms in the reptiles gut, allowing for better digestion.

Sounds odd but it worked for me.

I would also follow the other suggestions about waiting to feed and size etc. Also keep them very hydrated.

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Thanks
Shawn Morelan
www.Southernboids.com