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    Need Help feeding problem!

    I was just feeding one of my florida blues the smaller baby and she ate about a worm cut into halfs all was ok then she started to convulse and what loked like was trying to regurgetate she got the worm out but now is acting strange, she usally goes crazy when I try to touch her but now she is still and unresponsive, she is far from dead but I need some help on what to do. Should I just leave her alone?
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    Re: Need Help feeding problem!

    Leaving her alone for right now is about all you can do at this point. I've had little ones do this and then recover.
    I must ask what kind of worm you are feeding? Any chance it's a redworm/pan fish/compost worm?
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    Re: Need Help feeding problem!

    Quote Originally Posted by guidofatherof5 View Post
    Leaving her alone for right now is about all you can do at this point. I've had little ones do this and then recover.
    I must ask what kind of worm you are feeding? Any chance it's a redworm/pan fish/compost worm?
    They have been eating the same worms thier whole life. I get them from Walmart and they are candian nightcrawlers. She seems to be doing a little better she managed to get herself in a hide and is curled up in there.
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    Re: Need Help feeding problem!

    Regurgitation is like waves of muscular contraction moving from mid body to head. Odd looking, but definitely an organized effort to get the food out.
    It is definately stressful. She may be exhausted by the effort.

    Not much to do but let her rest, and offer different food when she recovers.
    I have had snakes regurgitate occasionally, for no reason I could identify, and they were fine.

    Watch her. Let's hope its no more than a tummy ache.

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    Re: Need Help feeding problem!

    The only reason I asked was because it seemed like a reaction to the food. I did find a compost worm in with my night crawlers from the same company that supplies Walmart. It only happened once out of 10's of thousands of worms though.
    Just a thought.
    How is the snake acting now? normal tongue flicking? smooth movements?
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    Re: Need Help feeding problem!

    Yes, I think everything is fine she is right back to sticking her head out with the others and is acting normal again. Sorry for the scare must have just been something weird with the worm.
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    Re: Need Help feeding problem!

    Is she getting any supplements? If so, what and how often?

    What you witnessed isn't the norm and should be monitored.
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    Re: Need Help feeding problem!

    I was giving her calcium with D3 but have not done that for awhile because I feed pinkies atleast once a week.
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    Re: Need Help feeding problem!

    OK. Keep a close eye on that little one.

    How about a photo? Please.
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    Re: Need Help feeding problem!

    Here she is she is the bluer of the two. I also had another question I might as well ask, she seems really small compared to her brother. She is more beefy and filled out whereas her brother is much longer and skinier is this normal? PS: You might be able to see she gave me a nice hefty musk when I first picked her up.

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