An Unfortunate Loss

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Originally Posted by Snakesitter

Again, so sorry for your loss.

I'm surprised that too large of a meal could be listed as a source of death -- while regurgs are stressful, they are rarely fatal in and of themselves...especially within so short of a window. And sepsis is often a secondary infection after the immune system is weakened. I wonder if that rodent was just "bad"?

It's possible. I did check the mouse for overall freshness, but maybe something else was in it? My BCI and other BRB are eating the same mice from the same bag as Guin did, and they're still doing fine 2 meals later.

The vet did say it was a combination of too low temps and a big meal, which would have resulted in some of the rodent going bad in her stomach. Essentially rotting because she couldn't digest it properly. This could have caused the rodent to go "bad."

Either way, it was the meal she was provided that was the culprit.