Regurgitation

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Today I fed my Timor python in the same manner as always, which is:

1) Take him out of his tub (which he will only be living in for a few more days) and put him in a smaller tub with kitchen towel substrate and scrunched up newspaper.

2) Weigh him in the tub, then leave him in there while I clean his main tub thoroughly.

3) Once his main tub is dry, replace the substrate and hide (but not the water bowl), handle him briefly then put him back.

4) Weigh the mouse and then put it in the tub on a piece of clean kitchen towel. Let my snake eat, which only usually takes a few minutes.

5) Remove the kitchen towel and replace the water bowl. After a few minutes he curls up in his warm spot where he stays until his meal is digested. Job done.

Today was no different. A few minutes after he had swallowed his meal, I went to put fresh water in his bowl before putting it back in the tub, but when I returned just moments later I found him coiled up next to the regurgitated mouse.

After I'd been sat on my sofa stunned for five minutes or so, even more to my surprise, my snake then ate the mouse again! After that he was fine.

I think there are a few of reasons why this happened. First of all, the mouse was 10g larger than anything he's eaten before. Secondly, it has been quite cold in my room recently, and today was the first time my snake has been active in a couple of days (he's just been curled up on his hot spot under some newspaper). Thirdly, He hadn't been handled for a couple of days, and even though I handled him today before feeding, he was very jumpy after feeding.

His new viv is arriving tomorrow, so from this week he'll have regular warm ambient temps and a lot more space with a lot more hides and places to climb. I think he'll be fine, but I'll keep an eye on him this week anyway.