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I've had two cornsnakes for ½ a year now, and there hasn't been any problems until two weeks ago. Then one of them started to vomit the food I gave him over the night.
He's getting really thin, and I don't have access to a vet (there is one about 80km away). I've seperated them, thinking it was because it felt stressed due to living with a dominating snake, who's ALOT bigger (the one vomiting is 30cm and the one who's not is 50cm), but that was two days ago and he vomited the pinkie I gave him yesterday
The hot place where the snake is is about 35°C (95°F) and the cold place is 27°C (80.6°F) (I don't know if the Farenheit is correct, but I think so)

I haven't had any problems with the other snake though, so I don't know. Why would one of the snakes feel bad when the other didn't?

I have emailed my FAQ to you. Please follow the treatment carefully, or you are likely to lose your snake. It is possible that it is already too late - you need to start the protocol right away.

Good luck!

Thanks alot for the help.

I'll do exactly like you said, but it has already been a few weeks since he started doing it and he is pretty thin...I'd feel stupid not feeding when he's so thin, but if you reccomend not doing it, I won't...
Instead of feeding him half a pinkie, do you think it would be possible to feed him a whole really small fish? I got a bunch...

Kathy knows what she's talking about.

I don't know how long she told you to wait, but IMO wait at least 10 days.

And when you do feed it, feed the half of a pinkie. The reason for this is so it's not as big as a regular meal and so the stomach acids can get into the food easier to digest it quicker/easier.

Don't try the fish. It probably wouldn't eat it anyway.
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Stick with the pinkie heads or 1/2 of a pinkie.

If you follow the regurge sheet exactly, and it still regurges, then you need help from a qualified herp vet, who may or may not be able to save the snake. The sooner you start the treatment, the more likely you can save the snake.

Good luck!

She sent me the sheet a few weeks ago & my snake's doing great! He's eaten the 1/2 pinkie twice now w/o problem & will get fed again this Friday. Thanks Kathy!
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If not, don't. If so, don't. Um, just don't. Unless you are mistaken, and what you REALLY have is a garter snake.

Corns do great at say 82-84 high and 75 low. I would get that high temp down some. If the cage is large and the snakes can escape the heat, great, but still, 95 is awefully warm for any colubrid.

Carol i agree with you totally
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