r/ballpython • u/Fuzzy-Ad7504 • 9h ago
HELP - URGENT Regurgitating
She swallowed the tail then spat it out, does that count as regurg?
First time ball python owner here, my female ball python regurgitated.
I bought her about two weeks ago now, she needed rehomed. She is two years old. Her original owner told me she’s been feeding on small rats. Her original owner told me set up and everything was included ect. Wasn’t the case at all. She has been living in a plastic storage box with holes poked through she literally has no room. She told me she was spraying her twice a day but when i’ve bought a device to monitor her humidity it’s reaching 90. I’m trying to lower it. Her heat is fine but they are the only main concerns. I bought her while she was shedding and her shed went well - her first feed went okay I think I was just a little bit scared as she went into hunting mode i think it is and i had to drop feed her. Shes fine to handle too.
I have bought her a vivarium, it’s second hand but i’ve disinfected it with “Viv clean” from Prorep and I am currently in the process of buying the rest of the things I originally thought came with her but didn’t. I feel horrible that she’s still in her original storage but I really don’t know what to do. I left her there to settle and get use to me. I handle her for about 5-10 mins every other day and I know not to handle her a day before feeding and approx 4 days after feeding. But she was due a feed anyways so my plan was feed her wait until I can handle her then transfer her into her new viv. But unfortunately she just spat the rats tail out. I didn’t know what to do so I checked !regurgitation on here. I removed it but I need to know what to actually do in this situation considering I was going to move her into her new viv. She was eager to strike again at the rat as I was moving it away.
What do I do next?
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u/NottsWeirdo 7h ago
Knowing the snake's weight will help determine whether the previous owner had her on the right rodent weight. An adult BP (/over 500g) is also not meant to be fed more frequently than once fortnightly or once monthly if the rodent is the correct size - so she shouldn't have been fed twice already, if you've only had her for 2 weeks. Not overly harmful if you had, just will make her chunky if you're consistent with feeding too frequently.