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Slow digestion?

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denowt

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My amel male takes almost a full week before the lump from his meal disappears. He is currently about 22 inches long and only 46 grams. He is an '05 from SMR. He has had regurge problems in the past when I fed him anything larger than a pinky mouse. The last regurge was on 4/25. I fed him 1 pinky every week during May, up to 2 pinkies in June, and finally 6-8g fuzzies in July.
His last feed was 7/15, last Saturday and the lump is still visible today.
Any advise would be greatly appreciated.
 
denowt said:
78-80 cool side, 84-86 warm
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Personally, when the ambient temp is 78 or higher, I don't use any additional heat and they do fine. I watch the temps and if they look like they'll drop into the low 70's over night, I'll turn the heat on, but the majority of the time, they still stay on the cool side anyway.

Good Luck!
 
dwyn127 said:
Personally, when the ambient temp is 78 or higher, I don't use any additional heat and they do fine. I watch the temps and if they look like they'll drop into the low 70's over night, I'll turn the heat on, but the majority of the time, they still stay on the cool side anyway.

Good Luck!
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So, could my problem be too much heat then???
 
denowt said:
So, could my problem be too much heat then???
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It could be, but I can't say for sure. I'm in Cleveland and haven't had the heat on for a couple weeks until today. We've had temps in the mid 80's with some low 90's, too. Today the probes were showing 73 after a storm cooled things off so I turned them back on. I'll most likely be turning them off by tomorrow noon.

I guess to simplify, I'll use heat if it will give me a gradiant of at least 8 to 10 degrees difference with 84ish being on the warm side.

For the regurge problem, take it seriously. My 1st snake was a regurger and after 2 years died at only 47 grams. I suggest Nutribac from www.cornutopia.com

If you didn't already know, 10 days is the suggested waiting period between regurge and next smaller than usual meal. Do not handle during this time either. The less stress the better.
 
I haven't had a regurge in 3 months. The funny thing is, I have him in a sterilite tub, in a rack, with another cornsnake purchased at the same time. Hatch dates within days of each other and she is 32" and 160g. They are both fed at the same time, obviously different sized mice though. Everything in their setup is identical, yet she is 10" longer and triple his weight.
 
I would say a fecal exam is in order. The problem you're describing could possibly be caused by parasites, such as protozoans.

Good luck! :wavey:
 
Have you tried nutribac? sounds like it's good stuff in this sort of case. It could always be that this particular snake is just destined to grow slower, and will do everything in it's own sweet time
 
denowt said:
Ordered some Nutribac, will update in a few weeks after treatment.
Thanks everyone for your advice.
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Your welcome, I sprinkle Nutribac on all my animals meals once a month, sick or not. Hope you ordered her Cornsnake Manual too; great reading!
 
dwyn127 said:
Your welcome, I sprinkle Nutribac on all my animals meals once a month, sick or not. Hope you ordered her Cornsnake Manual too; great reading!
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Bought the manual before I bought the snakes!!!
 
Just a quick update...
He finally regurged on 7/25, the lump was quite large and the resulting regurge was a lot nastier than any of the previous.
Dusted a pinky rear end with NutriBAC and fed him on 8/1(I know, I didn't wait 10 days). Two days later he pooped a very wet and loose turd(snake diarrea???). Fed him a 6 gram peach fuzzy with NutriBAC dusted on 8/5. Lump was gone the next day. On day 3 now since last feed, no visible lump at all.
This NutriBAC is awesome, I wish I would have bought it sooner. He might be bigger than 46g if I had.
 
Congratulations! I am glad that the snake is keeping things down but you might want to go a little more slowly with the feeds. I know you are anxious for him/her to put on some weight but it is probably better to take it slowly until you are sure s/he won't regurge again.

Just my .02


Jo
 
I plan on going back to weekly feedings now. I usually feed on either Sat or Sun evenings.
Next question, how much longer should I give him NutriBAC dusted food? Every meal, every other, once a month? I have seen all these suggestions and I am undecided which method I should use.

Also, instead of dusting, would injection into the mouse(f/t of course) be another method to use. Just thinking it would be less messy to mix with water in a syringe, the excess mixture could then be used to treat the drinking water. Has anyone tried this and did it work for you?
 
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