Constipated snake question.

[BPro927]

I fed my 5 month old female 4 mice a few days ago. Her rear end is huge!!! Can a snake get constipated? Or is there something I am missing and she is sick.

There was a post earlier, where I bashed a guy for being to worried over nothing.

But it now has me worried! :-(

[nachash]

Anything with a digestive tract can get constipated. Four days isn't unheard of for a snake to poop. In terms of digestion, snakes have a balancing act between the need to get pure animal protein through the tract as quick as possible and also containing the meal long enough to absorb as much as possible. I usually get a BM about once a week if the feeding schedule is in a regular part of the season. My first advice is maybe post a pic so people on here have context and can gauge the thickness, and also sometimes the worst thing a snake owner can do is pounce on a benign problem and over "treat" it until you have a stressed out snake that NOW has health problems. If you feel compelled to intervene a warm bath can help, and at a certain point a vet may be needed because if a snake can't fix a problem with constipation itself, the chances that the average hobbyist can aren't likely.

Also, when you need to feed 4 mice at a time, I'd see about switching to rats, because several mice have a lot of bones and less meat than one rat would have.

[KMG]

I would second a soak. Most of my snakes will go when I let them swim around a bit. Sometimes a snake will wait until they shed too. If you have one coming up it be be waiting to give you a big gift.

[BPro927]

I have not messed with her, it has only been a few days so I am going to give it a few days. I'll get a picture if it proved to be something serious in question. Thank you all for your help! I will get her soaking!