throwing up mice!!

[EmbraceCalamity]

Originally Posted by marvelfreak

Just the opposite. It was the middle of the summer and even with no heat pad on the windows open and two fans in the room it was 80 to 85 degrees at night. My A/C had went out so during the day it was hitting a 95+ degrees upstairs. This now why my snake room is in the basement it's much easier to control the room temp down there. With rainbows temp over 85 can be deadly. Plus during that time the only thing that change was the food sizes.

Can being too hot cause them to regurgitate? Or was it due to prey sizes? Or a combination? 'Cause you said the snake only stopped doing that once you gave her smaller prey; didn't necessarily have to do with the period of time. I'm just not sure how your experience really translates to this situation. I'd be curious to know if someone actually had this exact experience - their temps were too low, then they got them fixed - and whether or not the snake ate properly shortly thereafter.

~Maggot

[Aaron_S]

Originally Posted by EmbraceCalamity

Can being too hot cause them to regurgitate? Or was it due to prey sizes? Or a combination? 'Cause you said the snake only stopped doing that once you gave her smaller prey; didn't necessarily have to do with the period of time. I'm just not sure how your experience really translates to this situation. I'd be curious to know if someone actually had this exact experience - their temps were too low, then they got them fixed - and whether or not the snake ate properly shortly thereafter.

~Maggot

Gregg M has a number of posts in a thread stating just that. He usually feeds next day if his hognoses regurge. I have no idea what thread that was.

[marvelfreak]

Originally Posted by EmbraceCalamity

Can being too hot cause them to regurgitate? Or was it due to prey sizes? Or a combination? 'Cause you said the snake only stopped doing that once you gave her smaller prey; didn't necessarily have to do with the period of time. I'm just not sure how your experience really translates to this situation. I'd be curious to know if someone actually had this exact experience - their temps were too low, then they got them fixed - and whether or not the snake ate properly shortly thereafter.

~Maggot

To answer your question both. Rainbow are very heat sensitive compare to other boas.
Actually you had some really good question. I got me thinking he did do it twice this last summer two. So i went back and looked through all he records. (something everyone should keep) When he did it this summer the it turn out his heat pad had stopped working.
It started when I fed him and 3 days later he threw it up. I wait two week my next regular fed night and try again second time he went five day then threw up. The first time i thought it was because i up his food size. The second time i had went back to the smaller size and he still did it. That when i checked his temp and realize the pad had stop working. I should have check temps the first time he did it. I waited three day with heat then fed again and he keep it down. My rainbow is the only snake i ever own that has throw up rats.

Side note the room temp this last summer was 72 to 75 degrees. So with Rainbows to much or not enough heat can easily make them throw up. At least in my experiences.