Please help

[bsuttonnb]

my boa won't keep his meal down. He has eaten fine for 6 months but know he regurges it. I tried to give him more heat but that didn't seem to work. He eats it very quickly but about 1-2 days later he regurges it. He hasn't ate in about a month and a half and there are no vets in my area who will do reptiles.

	regurgitate Throw up. Reptiles will regurge when they feel they are in danger or if they have some sort of health issue. If your reptile has regurgitated his/her food please seek help!

[BWSmith]

Make sure the temps and humidity are right.

Don't handle him after a meal.

Check the vet listings on RTB to see if there is one near youthat you dont know about so he can be checked for parasites.

[eddie]

What were his temps before and what are they now?

Have you been feeding live, prekilled or thawed?

[MythsBishop]

and make sure not to feed him a meal that is too large. it should be no larger than the widest point of the snakes body if i am not mistaken. any larger might cause regurgitation

[bsuttonnb]

The temp and humidity is perfect. He has been eating the same size mice he has been for about 3 months but all of the sudden it doesn't stay down. I even went way smaller but that didn't work either. I never handle my snakes after they eat so that isn't it. I feed him live mice. He did keep down a little tiny rat pup about 2 weeks ago. Right now his temps are about 85-90. He is still very friendly but you can tell he is weak. Thanks for all your help folks!

[haroldo359]

my first snake was a boa and i went through something similar. i listened to advice from the local pet store. i took him to a local vet who didn't know much about reptiles. mine would eat fine but regurge a couple of days later every time. he eventually died. i did alot of research later, and now know that what i was doing wrong was that i wasn't providing a good CONSTANT temp. it went too low at night and he couldn't digest. anyway, i got all that work out (which doesn't really make up for the snake i lost, my first one ) anyway, if your temp and humidity are right and there isn't a local vet that sees reptiles, the only helpful thing i have to offer is this. even thought my local vet knew virtually nothing about snakes, he could do labwork on a stool sample and check it for parasites. not much help if it isn't deficating, but i thought i'd tell ya. hope you get it worked out.

[haroldo359]

and let us know how it is doing!

[thetupak]

how often where you feeding him before he started regurging

[haroldo359]

at the time the boa was around 16-18 inches. i was feeding it mice. i usually waited around a week after it regurged to feed it again. it almost always ate then, and always regurged. i was feeding it weekly before it started.

[thetupak]

you know it could be almost anything it sounds like the temps either aint right or he is being feed to often or posably even parasites

[JuliusSqueezer]

Parasites (something like hook or roundworms) is a likelyhood. Feeding live is always a risk and one that is totally avoidable. Besides the risk of a bite or chewing from the rodent that all too often is fatal to the snake, live rodents are very often host any number of living parasites that will infect your snake. It only takes a few regurges in most cases to dehydrate your snake to the point of no return...add this to an already sick snake with weakened immune system and you end up with a dead snake. The best course of action now is to make sure he is well hydrated..get him to a vet and checked for worms. A stool sample would be great if you can get one..Talk your vet about getting some flagyl and panacur to treat for worms but do not medicate till the snake is well hydrated. Do not offer more food till this is taken care of. And please for these reasons and many others...please stop feeding live. Frozen / thawed is the safest and the most economical way to go.