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Ok so I fineally find someone local ( in state and driveing distance )and buy 2 baby diamonds 1 1/2 mo-2 mo old. Seller says they have eaten and shed once each. No problem with that. I get them home and the female killed and ate a small peach fuzzy; the male refused food for the moment. Later that night I offered him f/t pinkey and he struck it almost right as I offered then gobbled it down and on to a hunt mode he went. Still acting hungry I went and thawed a small pinky and he repeated the strike eat mode. The problem later to my surprise was that the 2 he ate and the 1/2 digested 5 day old pinky that the previous owner fed him was lying on the news paper. UGH I've never had anything regerg on me. The next day I fed him the twin to what the female successfully ate and kept down; and again 12 hrs later regerged again.
I guess after some dialogue; I'm asking ~ Should I be woried? ~ and if I should ~ what to do?

I gave as much info as I could account for.

Thanx for reading and PLS respond with any advice you feel might assist me.
GREG

Dont try to feed him for about a week. Leave him alone and dont mess with him. Let him get settled in. You never want to feed again the day after a regurge. In a week try feeding him one small meal, pinky or whatever. If he holds that down wait another week and feed again.
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His belly was just too full . . . most snakes will go into hunt mode again after eating for a while, but that does not mean we should just keep giving them more food. In nature, they're lucky to find one prey item at a time. Captive feeding should simulate nature as much as possible.

Ditto what Anja said.
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Tim Cole
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Yeah, I concur....too much food too quickly...no need to power feed these guys...atrox will get planty big plenty fast by simply feeding them reasonably.

If the snakes are only 2 months old, a fuzzie every week or so should be sufficient to ensure proper growth...

New snakes should always be given a "settling in period"...this allows them to become comfortable in their new environment...transport & a new environment is stressful enough...

As far as the snake that gurged, offer him a small prey item (i.e. a pinkie) in about a week...do so again in another week...then try offering him a fuzzie every week thereafter...

AzAtrox

Perhaps I did feed him 2 much being exited that he was that interested. I usually don't deal with babys and juvenils but could not pass these up. So I'm on Baby Juvenile learning curve. Thanks For the input. All.

If regerg continues ( worst case ) what should I give it to resolve any issues-if any?

Again Thank you all
GREG

Monitor these guy's weights. Give ample opportunity for water, and provide a humid hide. Dehydration is the enemy of a regurging snake. If your snake regurg's again, consider waiting 10-14 days. Normally, 2 weeks isn't a problem at all, and probably isn't for yours too, but with young animals it might be a coin toss, thus the monitoring of weight. If currently in a good body condition, a 10% weight loss would be time for intervention, and if this were to be done, whichever way you can safely give nutrition with the least amount of stress.

Ian