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I believe I made the mistake of feeding her 3 sm. fuzzies two days after she regurgitated a previous feeding of 2...and she spit them up again ...both times within a few short hours.
I called my friend Don, and he told me wait about 5 days until I offered her a small pink. I waited 6 days and she puked it up again yesterday.
She remains alert and active, so I do not believe it is parasitic. Who knows what caused the first regurge? Could be a number of things. I did lower her sub-enclosure heater the night of the first feeding/regurge. Maybe that triggered it??? (It was still warm though...very puzzling)
Anyway, we know that atleast the 2nd time it nearly wiped out all of her stomach acid, if not the first.
Any advice from a DVM savvy with herps would be very much appreciated.
Thanks,
Dusty R.

I guess the first thing I need to know would be is what a suboc is?

Assuming that this is a snake, I need to know exact temperatures (degrees, not that it was warm) before I can offer an opinion on if it were too cool or not (definately a possibility). Also of importance is ambient air temperature, not just the surface of a hot rock or undertank heater.

Also of help would be a history of the snake. Did you just get this adult? Where did it come from? Do you have other snakes and/or in the same cage? What size of enclosure, what was the feeding schedule, appetite like prior to?

My advice right now, without these answers is of course with-hold food for a week, monitor attitude (if still bright, alert and responsive than alls good) and especially monitor weight. If this is a small species, a gram scale is a must. A 10% loss of mass means a trip to the vet and intervention.

Many things can cause regurgitation. The most likely are related to inadequate husbandry, even if just temporarily. Isolate this critter from any other reptiles in your collection in case it is contagious. Make sure plenty of fresh water is available, and perhaps bath it every other day to promote drinking and the replacement of fluids.

Now, I don't think any DVM's peruse through this forum, but I am an animal health tech. currently specializing in herps. A better judgement of anyones credentials however is to read some other posts and create an opinion of them that way

Good luck with your snake.

>> She remains alert and active, so I do not believe it is parasitic.

This is a completely incorrect assumption. Take joeysgreen advice.
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