A Little PUKE

[Kmef07]

I posted this in another thread but figured i should make a new post about it too so i could get some answers

I found a little regerg in her tank last night and im a little worried about that. it kind of looked like a shrimp, but was like snot. it was nasty but not a lot about half a dime size. so i increased the temp in the tank today. she was really active the last couple of nights and isn't really radiating towards the heat sources so i don't know what her deal is. but tonight is feeding night so i'll see how she takes her meal.

anyone have any ideas about the regerg?

[Kmef07]

i started using a 40w ceramic heat bulb in my 35g tank and it lowered the temp a little so i think that might be the problem im exchanging it for a 60w tonight and for today i just have the night red lamp on it.

[mykee]

If in fact it was a regurg and not something else, regurgitations usually happen either caused by internal parasites in your reptile, too large a meal, stress, or most commonly, the temperatures were too low so the was not digesting properly.
It would also be handy to know what species you are referring to.

[Kmef07]

oh sorry my Brazilian Rainbow Boa. it ate 6 days ago and already pooped like three times since then. and i don't know what else it could be. im going to feed it tonight so i think i'll only feed two pinks instead of 3

[Kmef07]

ok so an update there was no regurg in the tank today or last night. my brb was out all night and i also got her a new hide that is much smaller and i found here ther this morning. she took the moss in the new hide and closed the opening off and is really staying under the moss in the hide. i put off feeding her last night but will feed her tonight. and instead of 3 pinks i will try 2. i also got a theostat to help control the temp in her cage a little better.

[citysnakes]

where are you measuring your temps from?

[Kmef07]

have a thermometer on the middle back of the tank on the hot end and also on the cold end. it is a digital station with a remote probe that is wireless. but i also use a wired station to get a reading from everywhere that one i measure the ground level and on the branches. it gives a really quick and accurate reading. better than the thermometers on the glass they are usually about 3-4 degrees cooler than the middle of the tank.

[citysnakes]

i cant really picture what you got going on there but you should place the themometer probes in the spots where the snake spends the majority of its time such as inside the warm end hide and inside the cool end hide.

if youre measuring temperatures from a few inches above the ground then the ground temperatures are going to be a few degrees cooler that that. i noticed from a few pics of your enclosure that your substrate seems pretty wet and that could definitely keep ground temperatures cooler than you think they are.

considering your BRB pooped three times in six days after feeding, then i doubt that it had anything left to regurge. if what you have noticed is really a little bit of "puke" then it is possible that it could be expelled mucous by the snake which is a sign of a possible respiratory infection.

i understand that your BRB may require a relatively high level of humidity but a constantly excessive amount of high humidity can cause respiratory problems even in species that require relatively high humidity. a wet tank is not necessarily a humid tank and due to the wet substrate may be a tank that is too cool.

well i guess this is something to consider as this may not even be your problem at all but considering what you observed i would properly double check everything as it is not really a normal observation in healthy animals.

[Kmef07]

ya thanks a million that sounds like something i will check into. the insides of the hides seem to be pretty good. and i let the substrate get pretty dry before i spray again. also i have UTH under about 2/3 of the tank. so it stays pretty warm to the touch on the substrate and i probe right on the floor of the tank.

[dexter 1988]

oh sorry my Brazilian Rainbow Boa. it ate 6 days ago and already pooped like three times since then. and i don't know what else it could be. im going to feed it tonight so i think i'll only feed two pinks instead of 3


i told u last time not to speed feed give it the right size meal and it will be ok. 3 pinks some back me up hear that is way to much for your snake to be eatting at one time even 2 pinks in a row is not good for your snake if you dont want to feed it one big meal some owners dont like to feed big meals then feed her one pinky 1 day and 1 the nexts it will be easyer for her. o i like what citysnakes said about the high humidity because the pic i seen it looked like your tank was very wet. i'm not tring to be to be mean just want to help you and your snake.

[Chu'Wuti]

so it stays pretty warm to the touch on the substrate

Warm to the touch?? Human body temp is 98.6F, so what's warm to us is pretty darned hot for the snake. Do you have any kind of insulation between the UTH and the tank, or is there substrate on top of the UTH that protects the snake from burns?

[Kmef07]

chu, yes substrate on top of the UTH and warm to the touch means that it isn't cold. it is a little warmer than the rest of the substrate. and human body temp is 98.6 but the back of your hand isn't nearly that warm when i put the probe in the substrate it only registers about 83-86 and that is in the perfect range i need.
Dex, i am using the supply of pinks i have left and then i will go back to my breeder/supplier and get a larger rat to give it. and like i already said to citysnakes i just seem to mist the tank before i take pics. right now there is almost no water on the glass and the substrate is almost dry. but with humidity in the 90's like i have to have mine it is guranteed that there will be a little condensation almost all the time. but yes i agree if it looked like it did in the pics all the time it would not be healthy.