Regurgitation by snakes: treat the disease, not the signs

摘要

The terms regurgitation and vomiting have been used interchangeably when describing this problem in snakes. By definition, regurgitation means backward flowing and is used to describe the casting up of undigested food shortly after eating. Vomiting, on the other hand, is defined as the forcible expulsion of stomach contents through the oral cavity. For the sake of discussion; however, regurgitation shall henceforth include vomition.