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His hide doesnt fit under the basking spot (lower 90's), so the temp in his hide has been dropping to about 70 degrees overnight due to the winter. I ended up putting a huge heat mat under his log hide so he will have alot more heat even if he hides.

Is it common/possible for a boa to regurgitate a meal from a previous week that hadnt been fully digested due to inadequate heat? This is a pic of what my vet beleives is regurgitation. A checkup of him indicates everything is normal. But I was just wondering because that would be the only possible explanation.

Looks like the result of a bad infection of the stomache/intestine tract.
If you are lucky then it's only because of the low temperature and not an infection but I honestly doubt it.

Also, let me warn you against the heat source! You need to measure the humidity immediate on it. I forebode you will be bad surprised. You can gradually kill your animals with such a heat mat. It can get a kindney gout due to a long term low level humidity.
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This is a huge problem in this hobby. Remember that CHOICES are the key. The low night temperature is probably not your problem. To much heat and to large of prey being offered is usually the culprit.A hot spot is good, but they need to have access to a cool spot somewere in the 70s. Also, if you are feeding it mice, you may want to switch to rats. I have seen many times were a baby would puke a mouse and do fine on rats. Watch those high temps, baby boas are not found in the wild basking in direct sunlight on a rock at 120 degrees. To much heat will kill them. Give them the choice between hot and cool and let them make the choice......John Johnson

According to the vet, its not consistent with being feces.

As far as the heat mat, it is connected to a rheostat on the minimum setting, which is in turn connected to a thermostat. The temp on the heat mat is in the mid to low 80's which is ideal. He does in fact have the other half of the enclosure to retreat to if he needs cooler temps. As far as the humidity, the heat mat (esp. on a very low setting) will dry out the air much less than a heat lamp or other heat source.

Im glad you brought up the fact that it could be caused by being overfed...my vet said he was obese. I was feeding him a colossal rat once every 7-10 days which is double in size of what they were feeding him when I got him 6 months ago. You may have hit the nail on the head with that one.

I appreciate the responses guys.

By the way, just some info that I forgot to mention. He is about 3 yrs old. Weighs about 8.1 pounds, and is just over 5 feet. Is this average?