RED Rat corn snake, Bloating stomach, regurgitated mouse.....?

Question

Okay so my snake is having problems. I really don't know much about them, since I'm a horse person. I need help fast I'm going out of town and I don't want to leave him with improper care.

Right so the temp is some where around 72F, but it is an under cage heating pad. I don't know if not having a light is not good for them or not. Please tell me.

Next he ate his quite efficiently, but then he gained a bloated abdoman just bellow the breathing area, then regurgitated this mouse the next day. He is also lathargic, hiding under water bowl and hiding under a cup I put in his cage. He rearly moves except when hiding more under the aspen shavings

My snake Henry was wild at one point, he is maybe around 3ft long. I don't know his age, but I'm guess he isn't much more them a year and a half. He has one eye has been pushed into his socket, this was preowning him. So I am not sure this has anything to due with health issues. His skin is shinney and colors are at well tones.Help me out please

Answer 1

I see this alot in corn snakes. His problems are from the lack of a heat source. They need a spot in their cage where they can warm themselves up to 85 degrees. This heat allows them to digest their food since they are cold blooded and cannot generate their own heat to do that. Not having a heat source causes the snake to not be able to digest the food, resulting in regurgitation and bloating of the snake's stomach. Continuing to attempt to feed the snake will result in its death since the food will rot inside of it, poisoning the snake. 72 degrees is not good. They should have one end of the tank about 85 degrees or a few degrees warmer. The snake should not get any cooler than 75 degrees at night. find a pet store around you. You can get a heat pad for probably around 10 bucks and it will go on the bottom of the cage and allow the snake to digest. Its life depends on this. Good luck. I hope everything works out.

Answer 2

He's homesick. What he really wants is to go back home. If he's 3ft. long it's probably too late for him to adapt. They don't think like humans do. Hardly at all. You should do him a favor and let him go out in the woods or by the creek before you leave out of town. Find a big wood pile, or outcropping, or something. I think they like the woods. fallen trees, the most, near some water or moist places, darkness and that.

Answer 3

well thats good that you took him in ....but he is a wild snake and he needs to be put back or he can die from stress and thats why it is throwing up his food( he might be sick) but he can recover in the wild but not in a cage.

i found a about a 4 foot corn in my yard the other day and he was stuck and i helped him out and i wanted to keep him but i knew it would be best to let him be in his narural place...

GOOD LUCK!!~~~~~