Follow up to Regurgitating

[onesweetguy632]

Hey all my RTB Regurgitated on march 25th. I just wanted to know if I should feed him now or wait another week or so. Thanks!

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Re: Follow up to Regurgitating

First of all I would wait another week so that the snake can build up the digestive juices. Secondly how many times has this happened? Have you fiquired out why the snake regurged?

[onesweetguy632]

Re: Follow up to Regurgitating

First of all I would wait another week so that the snake can build up the digestive juices. Secondly how many times has this happened? Have you fiquired out why the snake regurged?

Only once. My guess is maybe he was stressed with his new enviroment. I will be planting him in a new enviroment soon. Should I wait until he gets used to that before I feed him? I don't want him to throw up again. How long can he go without eating though??

[ClayEnglish]

Re: Follow up to Regurgitating

Definately needs to acclimate first..

You also need to be sure and wait the extra week, there will not be any problems there. More of a problem if he regurgitates again...

[XzyluM]

Re: Follow up to Regurgitating

Yeah, best to let them acclimate to their new environment for about a week. Snakes can eventually go long periods of time without food. It's not going to hurt the snake to skip one meal. While they can go long periods of time, they should however be kept on a 7-14 day schedule depending on the size of the prey and snake respectively. By no means am I saying they should not be feed on a actively schedule, I'm referring to fasts and such.

[onesweetguy632]

Re: Follow up to Regurgitating

Yeah, best to let them acclimate to their new environment for about a week.  Snakes can eventually go long periods of time without food.  It's not going to hurt the snake to skip one meal.  While they can go long periods of time, they should however be kept on a 7-14 day schedule depending on the size of the prey and snake respectively.  By no means am I saying they should not be feed on a actively schedule, I'm referring to fasts and such.

Oh I know that. My ball python will eat one week then not again for a month lol. I have yet to feed the red tail and with him throwing up I just wanna make sure he will be ok cause when it is all said and done it will be like a month and a week before he gets to eat.