Rust - I put "chronic regurgitation syndrome" in quotes for the reasons you said. I just forgot to mention it. Thanks for the input, I appreciate it. When you mentioned "they might have pulled through" well that's just it, all of them except those two to five (forgot to check exactly) that died seem to be doing fine. A few will regurg now and again, but will keep the next week's meal down. We sold most of them, leaving only a handful left so it's kinda hard to draw conclusions on what we've sold.
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Originally Posted by VexalUntil
Now the question I pose is why do some boas in a litter regurg when their littermates don't when they are all fed basically the same size meal? Or also, since BCIs don't have the "regurgitation syndrome" shouldn't crossing a BCC and BCI result in a decrease or extinction of the behavior?
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Let me restate the first question: why do some boas in a litter regurg when their litter mates don't when they are all fed basically the same size meal and the snakes do not differ greatly in body girth and weight? Both questions are for the most part rhetorical.
And like I said before I still find it really fascinating that BCI and BCC have a relatively small distance between their ranges and it's assumed they have a small genetic difference (if anyone has a reference on boa genetics send me a PM please) and yet BCCs have such a sensitive GI track while BCIs don't.
