My snake regurgitated its food. Is this normal? What should I do?

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Hi. Got up this morning to the attached photo. Our snake ate this last night without any problems or differences to normal. He is in his hide this morning and alive but we are worried. We didn’t want to disturb him too much . Any help is appreciated as this has never happened before . He is nearly 4 years old. Pet's info: Reptile | Python

Dr. Strydom, DVM · Accepted Answer

This is regurgitation of food. Vomiting/regurgitation of ingesta is not common in reptiles and when seen, it is a something to be taken seriously. When a reptile regurgitates, it is usually due to one of the following conditions: too cold too stressed food/prey too large food/prey spoiled systemic infection high levels of protozoans or parasites (intestinal) disturbed too soon after eating obstruction in digestive tract I suggest you first start with making sure your husbandry is 100% correct - lighting, temperature, humidity, etc (depending on the species of snake you have). I don't know how often you are feeding him but you may want to fast him for a couple weeks. If you feed him at that time and he either doesn't want to eat or he eats and then regurgitates again then you will need to have him examined by a vet. Hope this helps. If you have more questions you can always opt for a private consultation where we can chat back and forth. That way you can ask as many questions as you'd like. Best wishes.

My snake regurgitated its food. Is this normal? What should I do?

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