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Regurging

Nataiani88

Nataiani88

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I have two corn snakes, but young. My first corn snake, a snow, regurged her fuzzy the day after she shed. I had fed her not realizing until about two days later that she was going into shed. My second snake just ate a pinky Saturday afternoon, and I just finished witnessing him regurge his meal. He isn't blue, and I have not handled him since placing him back in his tank once he had eaten his pinky. What could have caused this? I'm pretty positive that with my snow, it was because of her shedding. But what would cause my lil 10 gram bloodred corn to regurge? He took his first pinky with me just fine.
 
Temperatures are the first thing to check. Too hot or too cool can interfere with digestion and of all the risk factors are probably the easiest one to fix.

What are the temperatures on the warm and cool side floors?

Take the temp of the floor surface rather than the air, as the snake is actually on the floor and in contact with it, rther than being up in the air. Make sure they you're using an accurate thermometer - preferably an infra-red temp gun or a digital thermometer. The plastic dial and cardboard LED strip ones commonly supplied with starter kits, can be 20+ degrees wrong either way.
 
I don't own an infrared temp gun yet. :( but I provided plenty of aspen shavings and I have three small hides, one on each side and one in the middle.
 
At least get a couple of inexpensive thermometers (then you can check them against each other when they are in the same spot to see if they are accurate). And put them on the cage floor as suggested - one in the coolest floor area, and one INSIDE the warmest hide box. Until you check the temps, there is no way to know if that is the problem.

It is unclear if they are in separate cages. If they are together, that is stressful and sometimes causes regurges.

Those are the first two issues to check. Be sure to follow the regurge protocol here:

http://www.cornsnakes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28342
 
On the warm under all the aspen its 90 degrees, on the cool side under all the aspen its about 76 degrees. In the warm side hide its about 81-82 degrees and in the cool side hide its roughly 78 degrees. The humidity is at about 30%. My bloodred has his own 10 gal tank with a good 2-2 1/2 inch layer of aspen. My larger snow has her own 20 gal.
 
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