regurgitating snake - Page 2

mykee · 04-03-12, 01:57 PM

Hot side temps of 88-92 is ideal.
Heat up your food items in hot water and offer wet.

hellosugaree · 04-03-12, 02:05 PM

Maybe get another hide? If he only has one hide, he doesn't have a choice of what temp he wants to be at if he wants to be in a hide. He just gets whatever temp in the place where you set the hide. When will you consider taking him to the vet? Did you contact your seller and see if he has ever had any problems like this before?

LuvDux · 04-03-12, 04:35 PM

So my shopping adventure for a thermostat failed. I called every petstore in town (Petco, pet supplies plus, Petsmart, Uncle Bills Pet Center, and Petware House) and only found one at Petsmart. It's not what I wanted but I'm giving it a try. It only has settings for low, medium, and high. So far it looks like I'm probably going to take it back tomorrow. I set it to medium and my temps spiked up to 135. I set it down to low to see what that gives me. I guess I'm going to have to get a good one online. I was looking at this one:

Zilla Terrarium Thermostat Temperature Controller - 500 Watt Lighting Reptiles Pet Supplies HorseLoverZ.com

Hammer mostly stays under the bedding. If I lift up the tank I can see where he's been. I've never actually seen him in the hide but I'll get another one anyway. I tried to contact the seller but I lost his info. There is another reptile show this weekend so I'm going to see if he's there again.

hellosugaree · 04-04-12, 11:03 AM

Sounds like you have a rheostat (dimmer), not a thermostat. A thermostat measures temperature usually with a probe and automatically adjusts the power output to maintain the temps at a range around the set point. A rheostat just allows you to adjust the power at a constant level, but it will not compensate for the actual temperature in the enclosure. If you cranked a heater up to 95 degrees in your room, a rheostat controller would still put out the same amount of power to the heating mat as it would if the room was 25 degrees, whereas a thermostat would shut off above the set point and turn on below it.

LuvDux · 04-04-12, 03:21 PM

Yes its a rheostat. I'm taking it back today. I found one little pet store that has the zilla thermostat. I had them hold it for me. My temps are going all over the place. If I leave the heat mat plugged it it shoots up to 120-130, if i unplug it it goes down to about 75. I don't know why it's getting so hot but hopefully this thermostat will fix it. I read that it has an automatic shut off when the temps get too high even if its because the room is hot and not just the mat.

hellosugaree · 04-04-12, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by LuvDux

Yes its a rheostat. I'm taking it back today. I found one little pet store that has the zilla thermostat. I had them hold it for me. My temps are going all over the place. If I leave the heat mat plugged it it shoots up to 120-130, if i unplug it it goes down to about 75. I don't know why it's getting so hot but hopefully this thermostat will fix it. I read that it has an automatic shut off when the temps get too high even if its because the room is hot and not just the mat.

That is how a thermostat works. However, you have to be careful how you place the probe. If the probe gets knocked loose and ends up in a cool part of the tank, then the thermostat will feed maximum power because it "thinks" the temperature is low. Do you have a heat lamp? I would recommend using a heat lamp as this can be used to raise the ambient temperature without such a dangerously high hot spot if you set it up right. Also consider putting some sort of insulating mat between the glass and the substrate so your snake can't burrow down onto bare glass on top of the heater. This will also buffer some of the heat since it seems to be really high.

LuvDux · 04-04-12, 05:31 PM

Ok I have the thermostat. I just plugged it in and set it to 90. Should I place the probe in the substrate or not? Can I use newspaper on the bottom as a buffer?

hellosugaree · 04-04-12, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by LuvDux

Ok I have the thermostat. I just plugged it in and set it to 90. Should I place the probe in the substrate or not? Can I use newspaper on the bottom as a buffer?

I would place the probe in the substrate over the heater. But if your snake knocks it loose, be aware that it will likely start cranking on high. Newspaper won't do much because its so thin. Would you pull a pot out of oven with newspaper gloves? Probably not

also be aware that the temp on the dial may not reflect the actual temperature that the thermostat adjusts to. You will have to monitor the temps and adjust it up or down until the actual temps you measure on your own are in the right range. Depending on the thermostat and where you place the probe and a million other factors, the temperature on the ddial and the actual temperature will probably be different. Once you get it adjusted though it should be fine. Make sense?

geckodog · 04-09-12, 09:45 AM

You should probably give him some time to get use to his tank, and in a week or so, he probably will be eating fine. GOOD LUCK. hope he starts eating soon

Wolfus_305 · 04-09-12, 10:08 AM

Aww that doesn't sound too good. I really don't know what to tell you. When I was young and got my first snake he regurged but that was because his heating was wrong and it was my error.

I don't know what to tell you because he is actually eating it when it's offered, the problems I have are more related to my ball python, NOT wanting to eat, but that's because he's picky and likes to annoy me.

Good luck, I hope the thermostat and temps help

LuvDux · 04-15-12, 10:19 PM

I fed Hammer last Thursday night. I used a pinky this time. I was gone over the weekend but tonight (Sunday) when I got home I checked his tank and so far there is so sign of a regurge. How long does it usually take for a snake to poop after it eats? I won't be satisfied until I see it lol

Lankyrob · 04-16-12, 03:25 AM

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Originally Posted by LuvDux

I fed Hammer last Thursday night. I used a pinky this time. I was gone over the weekend but tonight (Sunday) when I got home I checked his tank and so far there is so sign of a regurge. How long does it usually take for a snake to poop after it eats? I won't be satisfied until I see it lol

Snakes that eat pinkies rarely poop as they digest pretty much everything, until they eat prey with fur then the poops get bigger and more often.

LuvDux · 04-26-12, 11:41 AM

I fed Hammer last wednesday and last night and no regurges! Keeping my fingers crossed it stays that way.