In my experience, agalmas puke more easily than any other Lampropeltis. Reasons I think, vary a lot. As I see it some agalmas will often puke if they get more than one food item. They also seem to puke if temps are too high and I'm beginning to wonder if they perhaps have much slower metabolism than other Lampropeltis living in areas closer to sea level, making high temps something bad.

I too have had one agalma that died although eating the whole time. When I got him he only puked once and a while when he took more than one food item, but after about a year in my care, he started to puke after every other feeding and finally he died. I had his feces investigated but there were nothing unusual to be found. I started to suspect anaerobic bacteria in his intestins and gave Flagyl orally but with no result. This male was born 1999 and problems started 2005.

I have six young agalmas, all born 2005 and they occassionally puked when they were smaller but now they don't. However I never feed more than one food item att the time.

Pic shows my largest 2005 female, bred by Thomas Steffen in Germany.

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z6/peter54_bucket/Alma071016.jpg?t=1196022733

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