regurgitation

[mattlawdi]

So today i found out that my ball has regurgitate his meal :/ i feed him Saturday and Monday i went to handle him and saw that he was going into shed !! So i put a humid hide in his tub, I think that the problem was because I handled him + he was going into shed, so at this time he is very stressed. Any comments on what could had happened and suggestions ?? Thx Matt ;)

[youngster]

What was the size of the meal?

[CDN_Blood]

Most likely handling too soon after eating, but hey, what do I know ;)

[mattlawdi]

What was the size of the meal? T meal was big as the widest part of the snake !

[mattchibi]

Did you wait at least 48 hours before handling ? How are you heating the enclosure (what are the temps on the cold and warm side)? Do you feed inside your enclosure and what substrate do you use? Being in shed MAY have added a bit of stress to your new snake, but most likely it is because you handled too soon. I tend to feed regardless of if my girl is in shed or not, it is only if she is deep in blue that I will not attempt to feed. (So imo i find it okay to feed during the early stages of shed, but I am reluctant to feed after the first few days because they will likely reject the food or be cranky during this time. So its best to leave them alone)

Either way, you should wait at least 7-10 days before your next feeding attempt, Or you can even wait until she is finished shedding, as they are usually pretty hungry after shedding. It won't hurt to skip a few days and try again later, but it will hurt to try feeding again too soon as it stresses the snake out. Good luck

[shaunyboy]

most likely because you handled too soon after eating

cheers shaun

[Lankyrob]

After a regurge wait 14 days before feeding to let the stomach acid settle and then feed a smaller than normal meal so that it wont stress the digestive system too much, if it keeps it down then at the next scheduled feed go back to normal prey items.

[mattlawdi]

Thank you so much guys ;) as a substrate i am using newspaper and the temps in the tub are about 90F on hot side and mid 80s on the cool side , i am heating the tub using a heat mat with a thermostat !! thx again

[Lankyrob]

You may want to get the coold end down to around 75f so that htere is a bigger difference in the temps.

[mykee]

Nope, keep the cool end at around 80-82. Though it doesn't seem like much of a difference to us, it makes all the difference in the world to a ball python.

[mattlawdi]

ok i will decrease the cool side ;) thx