Welcome to kingsnake.com's message board system. Here you may share and discuss information with others about your favorite reptile and amphibian related topics such as care and feeding, caging requirements, permits and licenses, and more. Launched in 1997, the kingsnake.com message board system is one of the oldest and largest systems on the internet.
Well today was the big day 2 weeks since my amel's last regurge. I found a very small pinky, smallest one i ever found.
So small that I decided to try feeding live. He took it eagerly and was constricting it. This went on for 15 minutes and I had to go to work. When I got home I found the pinky still alive!
Poor guy must be so malnutritioned that he couldn't kill it.
Not sure what to do now. Wait and try F/T I guess. Just thought I'd save someone else from making the same mistake
Mike B
The good news is you don't have to wait too long this time. He didn't eat, but at least he didn't regurge. Cutting a pink's head off may be a good idea at this point, since this will allow nutrients to enter your snake's system a little faster if he manages to eat. Good luck. Duffy
to feed just a pinky head to a baby that has regurged. If it keeps the head down, feed it another head in 7 days. If all goes well then do this one more time to be on the safe side then after that go back to a full small pinky. This allows the snake to build back up slowly so it doesn't get too much after a regurge and end up regurging again. A lot of times, even a small pinky can be too much for a baby that has regurged and they will regurge again which will start a terrible cycle. Since it didn't eat this pinky, feed it anytime now, but make sure it is only a pinky head. They are easy to pop off of the pinky when the pinky is frozen and only takes a minute to warm up in warm water.
Good luck.
Thanks to all who offered advice, which I will use on my other amel. Sadly my male didn't make it. Found him dead this morning.
Must have used all his strength trying to kill the pinky.
What you may also want to try if this happens again, is have a vet tube feed it once. I had a neonate hatched in Aug & it didn't eat by the end of Nov & was getting pretty skeletal. I took it to the vet & had it tube fed once - which kick started it's feeding instinct or something, but it's been eating small pink mice since & keeping them down. Just a thought!
Help, tips & resources quick links
Manage your user and advertising accounts
Advertising and services purchase quick links
