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I am thinking perhaps the common problem of snakes regurgitating after being brought out of brumation is their gut fauna needs a period of time to regenerate after the long brumation. This is assuming the gut fauna declines over the winter. So giving the snake at least two weeks to warm up and for its gut fauna to regenerate before offering food may prevent regurgitation. Some snakes may need a month of warming up.

What do you all think?
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Bob
Pyromaniac AKA Greatballzofire
Keeping cats allows man to cohabitate with tigers. Keeping reptiles allows man to cohabitate with dinosaurs.

That would make good logical sense Bob, and also when the metabolism is raised again for a while, the gut would likely get the other needed balances of acids, enzymes and ectrolytes going as well. Probably not a moth, but at least a week or more.

I'm sure the cold temps definitely keep their entire metabolic system much more dormant and inactive when they aren't being needed anyway.

cheers, ~Doug
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