Mysterious stool/regurge

[Jay]

northern pine snake i fed him thursday his usual on saturday h pood today he pood again and just an hour ago this ... its the same rat i fed him on thursday beige and white with no head no smell and all its fur and a huge wet spot ???????? snake seems to be fine

[Reptile_Reptile]

yea thats a regurgitation and the wetness is saliva and stomach acid probably some of the rat too and it has no hair cause its been eroded by the stomach acid. maybe you need to up the temperature of his enclosure so he can digest better. or maybe it didnt sit well. what are his temps

[Jay]

yu misunderstood it had all its hair

[Reptile_Reptile]

ah well still it's not possible for it to be expelled like that. so it has to be a regurgitation

[Ch^4]

Agreed, it is definitely a partially digested regurgitation.

As Reptile Reptile said, check your temps and humidity. If you feed F/T, it may have been a bad rat. If it's not husbandry issues, and if the snake isn't sick in any way, shape, or form, then it was likely a bad rat. Others will have more info.

[shaunyboy]

temperatures too low for digestion are a common cause of regurge's

a fright can also cause them.

if the snake feels vulnerable the first thig it does is regurge the meal to hasten a get away

having a meal in them slows them down during an escape from a preditor

there are more serious reasons such as parasites,virus,etc

i'd check your temperatures first

if he regurges again i'd try and get a stool sample off for testing

they need to be kept moist and cool in the fridge

do NOT freeze the stool as it will be no use for testing as the freezing kills off most of the things your testing for

cheers shaun