Garter Snake Forum - View Single Post - regurgitate and eat directly afterwards again

Snaky · 04-27-2007, 01:06 AM

Thanks for the list Rick, knew most of them myself and can delete quite a few of them. I still can keep this list

Overeating (too large of an item or too often)
Overdrinking after a meal
Dehydration
Sudden temperature changes
Parasitic infection
Bacterial infection
Food that is swallowed backwards can irritate the GI tract (like spines on fish, or even fur pointing the wrong way).

As she ate more than 1 baby rat, I'm thinking it's more 1 of the first 2 at this moment. But will still keep an eye on her. And it's good thinking to put the whole list, it's a reference for everybody. Maybe I'll put it on the wiki? ( or is it already on there? )

About the temperature. I don't think it's to hot. The maximum temperature in the low temperature part of the enclosure is 25°C. It starts around 20-21°C in the morning. I changed the bulb from 60W to 40W in the warm end. And it's a fully enclosure in glass, so almost only underneath the lamp it's warm. Finally, it's only for 2 days now and the temperature will start to drop again... ( It's not really a normal temperature here in April ). In summer the light is out when it's > 25°C, but that's because it will stay that way for a longer period.

04-27-2007, 01:06 AM	#8 (permalink)
Snaky Truieneer, e ras apoat Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,774 Country:	Re: regurgitate and eat directly afterwards again Thanks for the list Rick, knew most of them myself and can delete quite a few of them. I still can keep this list Overeating (too large of an item or too often) Overdrinking after a meal Dehydration Sudden temperature changes Parasitic infection Bacterial infection Food that is swallowed backwards can irritate the GI tract (like spines on fish, or even fur pointing the wrong way). As she ate more than 1 baby rat, I'm thinking it's more 1 of the first 2 at this moment. But will still keep an eye on her. And it's good thinking to put the whole list, it's a reference for everybody. Maybe I'll put it on the wiki? ( or is it already on there? ) About the temperature. I don't think it's to hot. The maximum temperature in the low temperature part of the enclosure is 25°C. It starts around 20-21°C in the morning. I changed the bulb from 60W to 40W in the warm end. And it's a fully enclosure in glass, so almost only underneath the lamp it's warm. Finally, it's only for 2 days now and the temperature will start to drop again... ( It's not really a normal temperature here in April ). In summer the light is out when it's > 25°C, but that's because it will stay that way for a longer period.