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Lost Cause
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Reguarding Regurgitation 
Hey, my argentine red regurgitated the three rats he was fed yesterday. I just want to know if maybe the rats were sick and he could tell and regurgitated them or what other reasons could of caused it, he is acting fine. My tegu has did this about a few months ago when he was fed a pretty large medium rat so i thought it was becasue the rat was too big for him, but these three rats were small ones and he usually eats them no problem.
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06/24/07 06:38pm
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#1332781
God Zilla
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Message To: Lost Cause In reference to Message Id: 1332199
Reguarding Regurgitation
i have heard that they can throw them up if they are handled after eating but i m not sure that that is true
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06/25/07 12:28am
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#1332893
Lost Cause
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Message To: God Zilla In reference to Message Id: 1332781
Reguarding Regurgitation
yeah i’ve heard that also, especially with snakes, and he wasn’t handled. i guess the petsore mice were sick or just didn’t go down right
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06/25/07 02:34am
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#1332934
Johelian
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Message To: Lost Cause In reference to Message Id: 1332893
Reguarding Regurgitation
Whats the temps like on your basking spot? Were these live or frozen/thawed mice? I would be inclined to visit the vet if this continues regardless of how he is acting.
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06/25/07 04:55am
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#1333864
Lost Cause
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Message To: Johelian In reference to Message Id: 1332934
Reguarding Regurgitation
the basking spot is between 100 and 105, and the rats were live, not frozen or thawed, i buy them from the petstore weekly, and yeah, i think a vet visit is needed.
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06/25/07 07:40pm
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#1334838
Johelian
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Message To: Lost Cause In reference to Message Id: 1333864
Reguarding Regurgitation
I would also increase the basking spot temperature - depending on what youre using to heat it, you can either put something under the light to raise the basking platform, or put in a higher wattage bulb (be careful not to increase the overall temps of the cage too much when doing this - a midpoint temp of mid 80s and a cool end 5-10 degrees lower is a good range to aim for). Basking spot can easily be 110F or a little higher. If you dont have one already, I would buy or borrow a digital temperature gun - these give instant and very accurate readings of the basking spot surface. You might be surprised by the results it gives (I was the first time I got one!), and they dont cost ridiculous amounts of money. If the basking spot temp is too low, digestion will be affected and this could cause the throwing up.
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06/26/07 02:59pm
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#1334847
Johelian
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Message To: Lost Cause In reference to Message Id: 1333864
Reguarding Regurgitation
I would also increase the basking spot temperature - depending on what youre using to heat it, you can either put something under the light to raise the basking platform, or put in a higher wattage bulb (be careful not to increase the overall temps of the cage too much when doing this - a midpoint temp of mid 80s and a cool end 5-10 degrees lower is a good range to aim for). Basking spot can easily be 110F or a little higher. If you dont have one already, I would buy or borrow a digital temperature gun - these give instant and very accurate readings of the basking spot surface. You might be surprised by the results it gives (I was the first time I got one!), and they dont cost ridiculous amounts of money. If the basking spot temp is too low, digestion will be affected and this could cause the throwing up.
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06/26/07 03:01pm
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#1334851
Johelian
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Message To: Lost Cause In reference to Message Id: 1333864
Reguarding Regurgitation
I would also increase the basking spot temperature - depending on what youre using to heat it, you can either put something under the light to raise the basking platform, or put in a higher wattage bulb (be careful not to increase the overall temps of the cage too much when doing this - a midpoint temp of mid 80s and a cool end 5-10 degrees lower is a good range to aim for). Basking spot can easily be 110F or a little higher. If you dont have one already, I would buy or borrow a digital temperature gun - these give instant and very accurate readings of the basking spot surface. You might be surprised by the results it gives (I was the first time I got one!), and they dont cost ridiculous amounts of money. If the basking spot temp is too low, digestion will be affected and this could cause the throwing up.
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06/26/07 03:10pm
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#1334853
Johelian
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Message To: Lost Cause In reference to Message Id: 1333864
Reguarding Regurgitation
I would also increase the basking spot temperature - depending on what youre using to heat it, you can either put something under the light to raise the basking platform, or put in a higher wattage bulb (be careful not to increase the overall temps of the cage too much when doing this - a midpoint temp of mid 80s and a cool end 5-10 degrees lower is a good range to aim for). Basking spot can easily be 110F or a little higher. If you dont have one already, I would buy or borrow a digital temperature gun - these give instant and very accurate readings of the basking spot surface. You might be surprised by the results it gives (I was the first time I got one!), and they dont cost ridiculous amounts of money. If the basking spot temp is too low, digestion will be affected and this could cause the throwing up.
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06/26/07 03:10pm
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#1334863
Johelian
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Message To: Lost Cause In reference to Message Id: 1333864
Reguarding Regurgitation
I would also increase the basking spot temperature - depending on what youre using to heat it, you can either put something under the light to raise the basking platform, or put in a higher wattage bulb (be careful not to increase the overall temps of the cage too much when doing this - a midpoint temp of mid 80s and a cool end 5-10 degrees lower is a good range to aim for). Basking spot can easily be 110F or a little higher. If you dont have one already, I would buy or borrow a digital temperature gun - these give instant and very accurate readings of the basking spot surface. You might be surprised by the results it gives (I was the first time I got one!), and they dont cost ridiculous amounts of money. If the basking spot temp is too low, digestion will be affected and this could cause the throwing up.
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06/26/07 03:10pm
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#1334867
Johelian
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Message To: Lost Cause In reference to Message Id: 1333864
Reguarding Regurgitation
I would also increase the basking spot temperature - depending on what youre using to heat it, you can either put something under the light to raise the basking platform, or put in a higher wattage bulb (be careful not to increase the overall temps of the cage too much when doing this - a midpoint temp of mid 80s and a cool end 5-10 degrees lower is a good range to aim for). Basking spot can easily be 110F or a little higher. If you dont have one already, I would buy or borrow a digital temperature gun - these give instant and very accurate readings of the basking spot surface. You might be surprised by the results it gives (I was the first time I got one!), and they dont cost ridiculous amounts of money. If the basking spot temp is too low, digestion will be affected and this could cause the throwing up.
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06/26/07 03:16pm
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#1334884
Johelian
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Message To: Lost Cause In reference to Message Id: 1333864
Reguarding Regurgitation
I would also increase the basking spot temperature - depending on what youre using to heat it, you can either put something under the light to raise the basking platform, or put in a higher wattage bulb (be careful not to increase the overall temps of the cage too much when doing this - a midpoint temp of mid 80s and a cool end 5-10 degrees lower is a good range to aim for). Basking spot can easily be 110F or a little higher. If you dont have one already, I would buy or borrow a digital temperature gun - these give instant and very accurate readings of the basking spot surface. You might be surprised by the results it gives (I was the first time I got one!), and they dont cost ridiculous amounts of money. If the basking spot temp is too low, digestion will be affected and this could cause the throwing up.
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06/26/07 03:18pm
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#1335263
Zelera
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Message To: Johelian In reference to Message Id: 1334884
 Reguarding Regurgitation
the temp need to be hot enough for them to digest it i let me tegu soak today and when i got him out he keep fighting with me wanting to move and he ended up throwing up a bit i think it was water he drunk while he was soaking
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06/26/07 06:45pm
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#1335655
Rich77
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Message To: Zelera In reference to Message Id: 1335263
Reguarding Regurgitation
Well like somebody already said get a temp gun and make sure the temps are right,i will also tell you this my temps are between 100f t0 105f and i’ve owned many tegus and never had one throw up.Rats can have parasites,or your tegu could depending on were you got him .If your temps are right and you have a spot were he can retreat in to a ambient temp which is in the 75f 80f then i would stop using there rats wherever you bought them and use frozen to buy the way safe and kills almost all the parasites,the best thing to do is to see a herp vet a get a fecal it doesn’t hurt.I myself take mine like one a a year to be sure even if they are healthy,now i only have two tegus and a rhino iguana so it would add up if you were a breeder but most do it there self.Well good luck.Here is the temp gun i have it works great.
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06/26/07 11:42pm
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#1341723
Johelian
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Message To: Rich77 In reference to Message Id: 1335655
Reguarding Regurgitation
Whee, I flooded the thread - Repticzone kept crashing when I tried to post, and refreshing the page on a new screen didnt bring up the post. Sorry!
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07/01/07 02:32pm
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#1342024
Rich77
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Message To: Johelian In reference to Message Id: 1341723
Reguarding Regurgitation
I was thinking maybe she kept posting it by accident lol,that happen to me before.
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07/01/07 07:27pm
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#1343533
Sandman21
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Message To: Lost Cause In reference to Message Id: 1332199
Reguarding Regurgitation
The tegu could either be too cold, too stressed, food/prey too large,
food/prey spoiled, systemic infection, high levels of protozoans or parasites, disturbed, obstruction in digestive tract (by torsion, swelling, foreign object, dystocia, impacted, ingesta, or fecal matter). I hope this helped good luck
-sandman21
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07/02/07 10:39pm
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#1343634
Rich77
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Message To: Sandman21 In reference to Message Id: 1343533
 Reguarding Regurgitation
Bottom line his temps are fine,go see a vet asap.
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07/03/07 12:00am
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