My 2 year old female Colombian keeps puking up rats, it has happened twice. The first time i think the rat was 2 big, but the second time i dont know why. and before this she had not eaten for like a month. Now it has been almost 2. any ideas or suggestions would help. thanx
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Female keeps regurgitateing rats.........help
d.m.reptiles
Nov 05, 2003 02:45 PM
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gmherps
Nov 05, 2003 07:52 PM
I use this and it works great:
1st: Give her 14 days off from the last regurge.
2nd: On day 15 try giving something smaller than she is used to eating, and especially if it's frozen thawed, make an incision down the back of the animal. This ensures that the digestive of the snake will (should) breakdown the prey item. I have used this method before and it works 100% of the time. The key thing to this: NO FOOD IS TO BE OFFERED FOR 14 DAYS!!!!
Also check your temps in the cage. I keep temps at 87, but with something like this incase it's a regular illness you can safely increase the temps to 90.
Hope that helps you!! Good Luck!
Greg
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JaredAren
Nov 05, 2003 11:21 PM
I would do the same but I keep my temps a little cooler ( 84 cool side) NP
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