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Not sure if there’s a solution for this, but I’m hoping there is! We got our noodle back in May and had a handful of successful feeds, but she also regurgitated twice during that time. We took her to the vet, and everything checked out fine.

While I thought her temperatures were good, I realized we’d been feeding her at dusk and the temperature in her enclosure was dropping overnight. I increased the wattage of her DHP and began monitoring the temperature throughout the night. Her warm hide stayed at 89 degrees all night, with the probe inside the hide. We also started feeding her in the afternoon and had several successful feeds!

Yesterday was feeding day, but she stayed in either her humid hide or a cork tunnel. I also have a probe in the tunnel, and while it isn’t intended to be a warm hide, it stays between 82 and 85 degrees. Unfortunately, this morning I found the regurgitated mouse in the cork tunnel.

We don’t touch her for 48 to 72 hours after feeding, so I’d rather not go into the enclosure and move her to the warm hide, especially when she isn’t choosing to go there on her own. Is there another way to encourage her to use the warm hide after eating so she can properly digest and keep her meals down? Huge thanks in advance for any and all ideas!

So in a twist no one saw coming, I’ve fallen in love with my son’s birthday gift and while he thinks it’s his rosy I’ve very much stolen her as mine. We got her in May and haven’t had a shed yet, this morning I checked in on her and she had some company in her warm hide. HER FIRST SHED! Apparently my wife cannot share in this excitement because she’s very much a “keep the snake away from me at all times” individual. So obviously I had to come here. And not only was it her first shed…it was a PERFECT shed! I don’t think I’ve ever been more proud of myself.

This last feed (Wednesday), I wanted to make sure I was doing right by the little noodle, so I weighed her to ensure I was feeding around 10% of her body weight. She's 11 months old, weighs 37 grams and has been eating large pinkies.

I was able to find a small fuzzy for her previous feeding, which seemed like the perfect size. Unfortunately, the rest of the fuzzies I have are significantly larger, so this time I went with two large pinkies which together weighed 4 grams. It was the first time I fed her two instead of one and from what I researched that seemed like an okay thing to do.

Today, I discovered that she had regurgitated both pinkies in her warm hide. Cue the snake owner freak out.

Her husbandry and temperatures are good, as I'm paranoid about both.

She has access to fresh water 24/7, and I did notice her drinking quite a bit the other day. I've seen some posts suggesting people remove water around feeding time?

We also don't handle her, take her out, or make changes to the enclosure for 48–72 hours after feeding.

One thing that's been concerning me is that I haven't found any poop since May 9th (the day we got her). Now that she's regurgitated I'm of course worried about impaction. I know you're supposed to leave them alone for about two weeks after they throw up. No feeding and no handling. Does that mean I should avoid doing the deep clean as well? I would need to temporarily move her to another enclosure while I clean, and I don't want to create unnecessary stress. But I'd really like to know whether she's actually pooped.

We were also planning to move her from her 10 gallon enclosure into a new 20 gallon enclosure this weekend. But we'll wait on that until she's successfully taken and digested her next meal.

My current plan is:

• Wait two weeks before feeding again and offer a single large pinkie rather than two.
• Hold off on the enclosure upgrade until after she successfully keeps down her next meal.
• Ask Reddit if I'm okay to deep clean or not.
• Ask Reddit if I should remove her water.

Is there anything else I should be taking into consideration?

THANK YOU!!

So, this has only been the third feeding we’ve done together. For the first two feeds I gave her large pinkies, since that’s what the breeder had been feeding her. But they were starting to seem a little small, so this time I tried a small fuzzy that was about the width of the largest part of her body. I actually bought bags of both large pinkies and fuzzies at the same time because I had no idea when you’re supposed to size up.

She did great. Me? Not as much, because I’m convinced feeding snakes requires its own college degree or the steady hands and composure of a surgeon - either or.

Afterward she immediately went into hardcore “search for more food” mode and started begging at the glass like she hadn’t eaten in weeks. Is that normal? I don’t want to overfeed her, but I don’t want to underfeed either.

Also, the bag didn’t have many small fuzzies in it, so would feeding two large pinkies next time be okay? And a huge thank you in advance for any advice/experience!

A huge thanks to everyone who answered my question the other day. Happy to report that she's arrived and is settling in. I had to give myself a pep talk before opening the box, but the initial "oh no there's a snake in my house" went away fairly quickly...lol.

Hello! Come this Wednesday we'll be the proud parents of this 9 month old little girl. Dogs and cats - I'm well equipped! Reptiles and snakes? Not so much. I've only been introduced to them over the last 9 years, since I have two boys who LOVE all things reptiles. I've done a ton of research, watched all the videos, have all the things to make this girl happy and safe - but even doing that I feel like I'm walking into the great unknown. So I thought I'd come here to ask, what's the one or two things you wish you knew as a new owner? The things that didn't really pop up in the research. Appreciate any and all comments! Also, for all of those who have a Nagini - I'm going to lobby for her name to be Ginny or Lily.