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Belly TOO Full!!! What Now?!?!

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Just moved, still unpacking things, have my little coastal bunked with my big coastal, fed them last night, big coastal is going into shed and didn't eat her meal. Instead the little one somehow did. Along with hers. Now she's massively bloated and I'm concerned. She burped and it smelled like nasty dead rat. I remember hearing something a long time back about too big of a meal not being able to digest properly and "rotting" inside the snake. She doesn't seem to be bothered but I'm still concerned about this. Should I try to get her to cough it up or just let it digest? Have never had anything like this ever happen before.
 
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She's fat, but you see pythons in the wild with this type of stretch and no obvious ill effects. I'm sure a lot of the more experienced guys will give you more reliable advice than I can, but I wouldn't panic: if they can swallow it they can normally digest it. Just make sure that your tank temps are right - I think that the only reason she wouldn't digest it properly is if she gets cold.
It would be interesting if you continue to photo her and post them so that we can see how long it takes.
Good luck!
 
Leave her alone - dragging her out of her cage for photo ops was a poor choice. Just let her digest her meal in peace.
 
If you have to bunk more than one snake together they need to be separated when fed. At least they didn't fight and there was no cannibalism.

Make sure your big one isn't bullying the little fattie away from the heat, if they're still together.
 
Leave her be. Carpet Pythons have much better resilience to massive meals then many other members of Morelia. A GTP with a meal that size, could very easily be damaged and have a prolapse. I would always avoid feeding any pythons together and definitely never move an animal out of its cage after a big meal. All my opinion anyway.
 
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