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hi one of my male cali kings hes about 4 years old and never been a problem hasnt ate for 3 weeks he did just shed perfectly all in one piece but the thing that worries me is it appears he is reguratating but hes hasnt ate in like 3 weeks when i take him out of his enclosure he appears to be in good health alert flicking tongue no mocus in mouth or swollen throat any suggestion or am i over reacting he is my favorite snake out of the 20 i got do you think maybe he is brumating him self all hes temps are fine and normal im not breeding him so i havent cooled him down any help for mayorga would be greatly appericated thank shaun t

lol... That's the longest rambling single sentence I have ever read. It's not unusual for snakes to stop eating this time of the year. Let him do his thing and try feeding him in a couple weeks assuming he is healthy. You should even want to unplug his heaters so his metabolism can cool down also.

You have quite a large collection of snakes - what do you have?
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Matt from Minnesota
Cornsnake, Eastern Kingsnake, IL Bullsnake - all girls.
0.1 Crested Gecko "Camey"; 1.0 Crested Gecko "Spots" RIP

i have 8 cali kings 3 honduran milks 2 gopher snakes 1 malaysian blood 1 borneo blood 1 corn snake so i guess its not quite 20 close enough oh yeah i jungle carpet python i picked up this weekend bloods are my fav but space limits so i have a lot of my second fav cali kings

Nice collection. I'm always amazed everytime I see a Blood Python at just how thick they are. Amazing to me.
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Matt from Minnesota
Cornsnake, Eastern Kingsnake, IL Bullsnake - all girls.
0.1 Crested Gecko "Camey"; 1.0 Crested Gecko "Spots" RIP

You say "it appears" as though he's regurging? What makes you think he is or isn't? If he IS, I wouldn't cool him down, especially if he hasn't eaten in a few weeks prior to regurging.
I'd put some unflavored pedialyte in his water to keep him from dehydrating and take him to a vet.
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Ace