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I recently bought a 21 inch blackthroat and one night he threw up and woulnt eat for a couple of days, its been a couple of weeks and hes fine and eating everything Ill feed him what do you think the problem could have been?

Dont let it go, itll just get worse.

You said it threw up one night?Maybe you are feeding it too late in the day to properly digest it's food.I feed my blackthroat by 9am to let her heat up all day.Just a thought.Don't freak out if it's okay now.

Take you monitor to the vet just to be on the safe side.
Most monitor gurge if the prey is too large or they're not heated enough. As you should know monitors require heat to digest properly. So if they get too cold they have been known to regurgitate their food. Also even if the prey is small but you fed too large a quantity that can also cause them to gurge.
Hope all this helps and good luck.
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Christine :>~

Don't stress so much.After over 17 years with these guys,I see my Vet(for them,not me) about once every 5 years.

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He will throw up in a heartbeat if I do something he doesn't like. Like messing with him after a meal. Yeah, I know we are comparing Waters to Albigs and they are very different. But my point is simply this.

Yoshi or my other water can & will puke for any thing that bothers them. If left alone they usually eat the food right back and no worries. If not they usually eat the next time I feed with no problems.

My suggestion would be to take a fecal to the vet first if your concern is parasite realated and save the animal any added stress. If the problem persists then definately a vet visit. Keep in mind too that he just got he animal. It could very well be having trouble acclimating.

Later guys.

Go and have a standard health check on you monitor when it get acclimated and calms down. That is really what I was implying.
I'm out of sorts right now so forgive me.
Good luck hope the monitor does well for you.
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Christine :>~

was it a new food item, or was the food sitting out on a shelf thawing out for a while (especially if it was a day old chick)? Aside from the reasons already mentioned (too much food and/or not enough heat to digest it - the most common reason for regurgitating) sometimes young monitors will regurgitate if their bodies aren't yet accustomed to bacteria found on or in new food items. The wild ones can eat anything because their systems have been exposed to everything under the sun, but often captives lead very sheltered lives (2 bad puns in one sentence!) and have limited resistance to new gut flora. One of my animals has regurgitated on a couple of occasions, after I had started him on an entirely new food item and he ate too much of the new food first time around. A friend had noticed this with some of his monitors when young, too. Now my animals could eat pretty much anything with no problems whatsoever.