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King snake regurgitating food
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King snake
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I have a California King snake that's under a year old. (exact DOB is not known yet. Got her from a pet shop)
She has regurgitated her food about 3 times now since I purchased her in March. Not in a row, but about a month or so apart.
I feed her 2 pinkies and for the most part she's fine. I feed her in a plastic container inside her cage with the lid off. She crawls out of the container on her own so there's no handling issues. I leave her alone for 2 days to digest food.
But, out of nowhere it seems, her food will be on the paper. Like today. I fed her yesterday and I find her food.
I do wait a few weeks to let her recover and then only feed 1 pinkie and then 2 after that. These are small newborn pinks.
Any help? I don't want her to die, so I'm thinking of taking her back to swap out...hopefully.
Oh, and it's not that 2 pinks cause this...she did it with 1 pink before.
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Accepted Answer
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7/3/2009 1:58:41 PM
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FyreFocks
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What are the temps like in the cage? Baby colubrids need a fair amount of heat for proper digestion?
If i were you, i would keep it at 1 small pinky every week until the snake has maintained a healthy feed record for at least another shed cycle.
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Author Comment
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7/3/2009 5:36:17 PM
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JohnR
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Temps are high 70's, low 80's. Both corn snakes are doing fine. It's just the king.
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Member Comment
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7/3/2009 5:43:15 PM
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FyreFocks
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Bump the temps for the king. Remember, kings dont live in the same enviroment that corns do. Try higher 80s and definitely stick with the one pinky for a while.
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Member Comment
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7/3/2009 10:13:06 PM
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bwaffa
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Is she still drinking water? What about urinating/defecating?
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Member Comment
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7/3/2009 10:43:22 PM
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Triangle Reptiles
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She definitely needs higher temps, and make sure her humidity is fairly high. Being too dry can sometimes cause regurging too. Mainly though, I would keep that temp in the 85-88 range warm side and 75-80 cool side. Good luck.
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Member Comment
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7/4/2009 12:58:01 PM
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shellboa
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As always, get a fecal to check for parasites. Temps will help but collecting a little poo and paying a few bucks to have it checked is cheap prevention also.
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Author Comment
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7/6/2009 7:02:56 AM
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JohnR
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Put some more heat on her on Saturday so hoping that works.
As for parasites, I need to research and see where a vet is around here that handles reptiles.
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Member Comment
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7/11/2009 7:29:44 PM
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Author Comment
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7/15/2009 5:04:20 PM
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JohnR
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2 weeks later, I fed her. She ate and settled down with the lump way down inside her. Checked at lunchtime today and I found the pinky in the cage. :-( Heat is on, high 80's.
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Member Comment
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7/15/2009 5:09:02 PM
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FyreFocks
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Is it possible that shes dehydrated? Have you ever seen her drink, either from a dish or from condensation on the cage?
Another thing to consider, are you feeding live or frozen? Ive had snakes reject entire batches of frozen pinks because, well, i dont know, but they all snubbed their noses at that particular batch.
Is it possible that the pinky is too big? Maybe a day old, little tiny pinky would be best for her.
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Author Comment
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7/15/2009 5:40:26 PM
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JohnR
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I haven't seen her drink, but then again they are in a room and I'm not in there a LOT. I check them about 3 times a day.
I feed frozen/thawed. It's eating the same size pinkies as my corn and they are about the same size snakes. She swallows them down with no problems. Haven't thought about live yet. Guess I will next time, which will be in 2 weeks.
I'll go handle her and see if she'll drink.
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Member Comment
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7/15/2009 5:42:43 PM
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FyreFocks
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Getting her to drink is good. Handling her is not. I dont suppose you have a pipette laying around so that you can water without handling her?
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Author Comment
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7/15/2009 6:11:11 PM
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Member Comment
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7/15/2009 6:14:39 PM
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FyreFocks
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Ummm, its like a miniature sized turkey baster made of plastic. You can use it to put droplets of water on the snakes nose without actually handling the snake. At this point, handling her is probably a very bad idea.
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Author Comment
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7/15/2009 10:18:44 PM
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JohnR
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Gotcha. I'll check at Wal Mart for these.
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