Help. California Kingsnake not growing.

[EL Ziggy]

She's definitely a bit undersized but nothing that can't be corrected with larger and/or more frequent meals. If you've been feeding every 7-14 days you can increase that to every 6-7 days which is appropriate for a yearling king. Once she thickens up a bit move her up to the next largest prey size. Don't rush it or power feed her but give her heartier meals for a while. She should bulk up once you increase her food intake.

[barbicrash]

Originally Posted by EL-Ziggy

She's definitely a bit undersized but nothing that can't be corrected with larger and/or more frequent meals. If you've been feeding every 7-14 days you can increase that to every 6-7 days which is appropriate for a yearling king. Once she thickens up a bit move her up to the next largest prey size. Don't rush it or power feed her but give her heartier meals for a while. She should bulk up once you increase her food intake.

Ok so she threw up the fuzzy which I'm not going to lie, really frustrated me. I don't know if its because it was too big or because I handled her this morning. I fed her in the morning on Wednesday and this morning I took her out only to take the two photos. She couldn't have been out of the cage more than two minutes if that. Sooooo I dunno, should I keep trying the fuzzies or should I do multiple pinkies. Shes never regurgitated her food before...

Edit: Btw, she still had a lump this morning so I'm assuming it was too big for her. I can't imagine my brief handling was the cause. This is her first fuzzie so maybe its too big? It did leave a pretty large lump.

[EL Ziggy]

Originally Posted by barbicrash

Ok so she threw up the fuzzy which I'm not going to lie, really frustrated me. I don't know if its because it was too big or because I handled her this morning. I fed her in the morning on Wednesday and this morning I took her out only to take the two photos. She couldn't have been out of the cage more than two minutes if that. Sooooo I dunno, should I keep trying the fuzzies or should I do multiple pinkies. Shes never regurgitated her food before...

Edit: Btw, she still had a lump this morning so I'm assuming it was too big for her. I can't imagine my brief handling was the cause. This is her first fuzzie so maybe its too big? It did leave a pretty large lump.

A regurge isn't good but a fuzzy definitely shouldn't be too big. It's possible that you stressed her a little by handling her too soon after her meal. More importantly, what are your temps like and do you have a thermostat to control your temps? I would wait 7-10 days before attempting to feed her again and wouldn't handle her at all until you get a couple of meals in her. A regurge is most often caused by stress, temps, or illness.

[barbicrash]

Originally Posted by EL-Ziggy

A regurge isn't good but a fuzzy definitely shouldn't be too big. It's possible that you stressed her a little by handling her too soon after her meal. More importantly, what are your temps like and do you have a thermostat to control your temps? I would wait 7-10 days before attempting to feed her again and wouldn't handle her at all until you get a couple of meals in her. A regurge is most often caused by stress, temps, or illness.

Ok so when I do try and feed her again, should I try a fuzzy again or mulitple pinkies? As far as temperature, like I said, I live in LA and temperatures right now are 80 at the lowest and we have plenty of 90+ days. I have one of those Zilla thermostats, it came with the terrarium. I've heard they aren't super reliable but from what it says the temperature on the hot side is around 80-85, it rarely if ever drops below that. I have a light and then an under tank heater on the warm side as well. Its possible she's sick but as I said earlier, before I fed her she didn't seem sick at all. She was always moving and climbing, smelling things and she was alert. After she ate, she's been hiding for the last two days I'm assuming to digest. I took her out of thr cage to take the picture and she actually didn't freak out making it more confusing. My roommate took the pics, then I put her back. Took about 2 minutes. I was considering bringing her to the reptile shop because he is super knowledgeable, I think he may even be a herpetologist but I don't wanna put more stress on her. :-/