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 Posted - 22/04/2009 : 13:20:49
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Hello, I am the owner of a (roughly) five-month old cornsnake.
I had a look in the vivarium (small, plastic exo-terra) this morning and found either some regurgitated food or an odd looking stool. It was about 1.5cm long by 0.5cm wide and looked quite pink, turning to black at one end. I'm thinking this is quite a big stool from such a small snake, but I can't think of any reason it could be regurge instead.
He was fed two pinkies on Friday evening and left completely alone for over 48hours. He passed some fluids on Monday evening (including some of the paler and more viscous stuff). During the week he's been handled for approx. 15min every other day while the water is changed etc. He doesn't seem stressed when handled, but to be honest I don't know exactly how you'd recognise a stressed snake.
Pretty sure the temperatures in the vivarium are okay. I've got a heatmat under one end and two ceramic caves (one in the cool end, one in the warm end). The temp. is regulated by a thermostat, with the sensor probe put under the warm-side cave. According to the two thermometers, the warm-side cave temp varies from 29.9C to 27.3C (the thermostat is set at 28C) and the cool-side cave goes from 23.4C to 20.5. Ambient room temperature is roughly 22C.
The snake seems to spend all his time (i.e. whenever I look) hiding in the cave at the cooler side of the vivarium. That's everything I can think of that could be relevant.
So, any ideas anyone? Is my set-up not working for proper digestion? Anything in general I could be doing better, or shouldn't be doing at all?
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Spedz
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Posted - 22/04/2009 : 17:50:59
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You're hot end is slightly cold.. Could do with going up to 30/31c
But I wouldn't say its cold enough for him to regurge..
Sometimes after a feed, my corn will retreat to his moss hide thats on the cold side.. But i've yet to ever get a regurge.
How long have you had him? As if you've just got him, he could be stressed..
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Posted - 22/04/2009 : 18:44:18
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I've had him for two weeks. He seems generally okay and this was his second feed.
Time between feeding and finding regurgitated food (if indeed that's what it was), about 4 and a half days.
I'm asking because (from what I've read thus far) it seems odd to bring up food after a period that long, especially as he wasn't handled for a while beforehand. Will corn snakes pass partially undigested food? |
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gingerpony
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Posted - 22/04/2009 : 21:24:33
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| they usually regurge with 48 hours, the temps sound fine. had you handled him a couple of days after feeding? and if so roughly how long after feeding? |
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Posted - 22/04/2009 : 21:37:39
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Last time he was fed was early Friday evening, when I gave him two pinkies and then left him completely alone until Sunday evening. That's over 48hrs between feeding & handling, and then another 36hrs before finding this stuff in his tank.
I'm keen to know if people think it was regurge or not, remembering that part of it looked just like a normal stool (black, soft and with some fluids around it). Obviously, I need to decide whether or not to continue his weekly feeding routine or leave him for longer. |
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Posted - 26/04/2009 : 17:18:20
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One of my corns has regurged when i first had him. He also passed partially digested food, this looked pink and slimy and was smelly. I went back to the bloke i got him from, i was told to first check the viv wasn't too big ( i moved him to a smaller one) and to up the temp a bit. I also left him for a bit longer between feeds to make sure he'd passed completely the other stuff.
A little longer between one feed won't hurt.
Hope this helps. |
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gingerpony
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Posted - 26/04/2009 : 21:59:46
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| try a smaller meal - go back to one pinky - and not handling him between meals. if that doesn't help then it should really be investigated by a reptile/exotic vet. |
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