Yipes :/

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Last board for a while I promise.
Any way, tonight after yet another failed feeding attempt in cage (I had waited about 2 weeks to try again) I decided to try to feed my milk in a separate smaller container, just to get him started. I left him alone inmy room and did some errands. GOt home went in to my romm just to check. He appeared to be starting on the fuzzy (Which was wonderful seeing that he was starting to eat, but also that he was taking frozen.) Yet as I stood up, he started to regurgitate :/. He had not fully digested the mouse, was not even half way through. DIssappointed I left him alone in the room hoping he would become interested again ... 2 hours later nothing. He is however starting to shed apparently, I noticed beginning of a peel as I put him back in his enclosure .

Should I worry that he spit the mouse back out?
Obviously I won't try to feed again for a few days since he is in shed, but how soon is ok to feed after a partial regurge?

There is hope that he even starting eating at all though, right ...
Sorry I have never had a regurgitating animal.

[Starbuck]

it sounds like it wasnt so much a regurge as he started to eat it, got scared that you came into the room, and then spit it back out. This is probably not as stressful to him as an actual regurge would be (i.e. he ate the mouse entirely, it reached the stomach, and then a few days later he regurgitated it back up). Many people with nervous snakes have has success with leaving the prey in the enclosure overnight. You can also try braining the mouse before you put it in the cage so he has a little more incentive. You may find that after he sheds he is much more interested in food, as he will be able to see better and wont be as uncomfortable/vulnerable.

[smy_749]

Its not regurgitation if he didn't eat it. Also he didn't 'digest' any of it unless it sat in his stomach acids for a while.

Don't try again right away, wait a bit longer than your comfortable with, drop the mouse in the tub, and don't check on him like you did this time.

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It's the closest thing to regurgitating I have ever had happen xP
My boa, ANd (past) King eat/ate like champs.
And yes I over react.

I will wait until he has fully shed to try again ..
Frankly I am just happy he tried at all.
Next time I will do it when I am gone for longer, and hopefully he'll eat it all.



He is a very spooky snake though, I am worried that he will fully regurgitate when I next try to feed him, and I have to put him back in his enclosure. I have tried very hard to try to get him to feed in the tank to avoid the stress, but literally until today he has had absolutely no interest in the food items. In fact he tends to move to the complete opposite side, even after I try braining, and even trying live. I figured I'd try to put him in a smaller container so he could not re-treat and finally got some interest. Perhaps next time I'll just put the smaller container in his enclosure and just take off the lid when he is done, and then I won't have to do lifting or anything.

[Lankyrob]

Will the comtainer you fed him in fit in his enclosure? If so i would put it in therre with the prey and then cover the whole enclosure with a blanket overnight.

You know he cant escape and is safe and he will feel more securre also

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I tried again last night. He seemed to eat with out any problem. I left him in the small container with the mouse in his enclosure, covered the entire thing with a a sheet and left. I checked an hour later , and the mouse was gone. Removed the lid, made it easy for him to get out at will and left him alone again.

I am relieved, now I don't have to worry as much. I always feel better after they eat at least once.

I am sure I am going to have to continue with this charade for a while. This snake is my problem child .. but he/she is pretty, so that makes up for it I guess.