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puking

Marwan Jun 14, 2003 09:05 PM

well listen,,,my ratsnake puked along time ago and it was due to me handling it cause i didnt know it had eaten,,,,so i gave it a 1 week break. and i fed it again..it pooped..after that i handled it for like 10 minutes then 1 or 2 days later it puked again,,,is it cause i handled it,,i mean it did poop,,i assumed its done with its food

so is it caused i handled it?

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terryp Jun 14, 2003 09:56 PM

chickens and birds that you recently bought and made a few previous posts recently? What was the time between the feeding after it regurgitated and when it deficated? What are you feeding the snake? How large is the meal? What is the temperature in the cage. Is there plenty of water? What kind of substrate is in the cage? Was the snake regurgitating before you got it? You may have received an unhealthy snake. Did you get the snake from a pet store? Did the person or pet store say the snake regurgitated because the person or store had just fed it and you handled it after you took it home? It just sounds from your post that you didn't know it had eaten which leads me to think it was because someone else must have fed it; like the person or pet store you bought it from. I'm sorry Marwin, it just sounds like you may have purchased a snake that was unhealthy (regurgitating) or not cared and fed right. If I'm wrong I apologize. If it's not healthy, it may be alot of work and time on your part to bring him up to healthy and happy. If he comes around at all. Oh, concerning your chicken question from a previous post. My pair of yellow ratsnake, my pair of everglades and most of the rest of my collection of snakes ate baby chicks over the last couple days. My male glades that I posted a pic of the other day on your post thread ate 2 baby chicks. He's eaten 3 before, but I don't give him 3 everytime. It's back to rodents their next meals and next month they'll get a feeding of baby chicks again.

>>well listen,,,my ratsnake puked along time ago and it was due to me handling it cause i didnt know it had eaten,,,,so i gave it a 1 week break. and i fed it again..it pooped..after that i handled it for like 10 minutes then 1 or 2 days later it puked again,,,is it cause i handled it,,i mean it did poop,,i assumed its done with its food
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>>so is it caused i handled it?

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