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I have a neonate (6wks.) that seems healthy in every way except that it regurgitates its meals. It is housed by itself, has a hide, water, heat, blah, blah, blah. I don't mean to trivialize husbandry issues , I simply wish to forestall unnecessary queries. I have even moved this little guy to the basement with his setup to eliminate noise and daily interaction with people; ie. the STRESS Factor. He is fed at night and I don't check on him again until mid-morning. I only check to remove the dead masicated food item so it doesn't rot in his cage. I allow about 5 days between offering of food and I vary the type, ie. live, brained, F/T. If anyone has experienced this or has a novel suggestion or thinks there might be an underlying medical issue, I'd love to hear it. I presently have 60 other little ones that are doing wonderfully, but I'm loathe to lose this little guy.

Thanks in advance,
Terri

Wait 2 weeks and try just a pinky head.It takes them at least 10 days to get there stomach acids back into digest mode.If it holds the pinky head down give it another in a week.If that works try a whole pink a week later.If it regurges the whole pink revert back to square one.If it cant even hold a pinky head down then put it out of it's misery.It's one thing to deal with a non-feeder but regurgers can be real nightmares.Hope this helps...Paul

Thanks for your suggestion. I'll give it a try. I'll assume from your response of "put it out of its misery" to mean you don't recommend force feeding or tube feeding at all. I say this because I've had one opportunity to watch the snake feed and then regurg and it did not seem to push the food item very far down its body before bringing it up. Would this be a correct assumption?
Terri

Yes.