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Originally Posted by Rust316
danktat, with all due respect, I just can't agree with that approach. While it may have worked for you (and I'm not questioning that), I think it comes with more risk of a 2nd regurge and then you have a serious problem because that 3rd one is the killer.
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I really didn't see anywhere in the post where there was a mention of age for this particular case. My male is an adult (a little over 5 feet) and has been feeding regularly before the regurge. I had just stepped up the food size when it happened as well. Not to get into a pi$$ing match here but I don't see where your approach differs too much from my own other than instead of going smaller after two weeks (you said you go three) you feed even smaller than that. Allowing for proper hydration is part of any legitimate husbandry practice in the first place. Looks like he was on the (I am assumimg from the dates posted for feedings) week to 10 day schedule, which seemed to have been stepped up just before the regurge (hence the not feed every week comment). If the snake was feeding well before and it happened as soon as the frequency was stepped up then it perhaps was not the meal size but frequency ie: the first meal wasn't digested before giving a new one. Perhaps I am not Gus but I have been keeping snakes for 20 years or so. It is amazing how he got a "Very well put, Gus." with the addition to what he said and I get a "I just can't agree with that approach". When what I picked up from his post was to stop overfeeding and don't medicate unless it is absolutely nessessary. Once agin this is not meant to start any sort of argument or heated debated because to be perfectly honest with you, the three of our posts have more in common than they have differences (ie: smaller meals and longer in between them). Just wanted to point out the difference in your response to the two posts that had only slight variations from your own.
