Black poop

[Cigam]

First of all I'm sorry my first post here is a question about poop.

Today when I was cleaning cages I noticed this black poop:



Does anyone know why it looks like this?

It came from a 1200 gram female who seems really healthy, she eats really well and this is the first weird poop she has ever had.

[DooLittle]

Can't see the picture...

[Phantomtip]

I've never seen this before. My snakes feces are always solid formed almost like a dogs lol. What I see in the pic looks like black fish eggs with urates behind it. Did the snake just come off a food strike?

[Cigam]

I've never seen this before. My snakes feces are always solid formed almost like a dogs lol. What I see in the pic looks like black fish eggs with urates behind it. Did the snake just come off a food strike?

She's always had solid brown poop up until this point too. She also hasn't missed a meal for over half a year now.

Up until this poop she has always seemed super healthy and happy, I've had her for almost a year now and she has only missed 2 meals. I use paper towel as a substrate and I know my temperatures are right, I really have no idea why her poop would look like this.

If no one here knows what it is then I will definitely take her to see a vet on Monday and for now I removed her from my reptile room so she can't infect my other snakes just in case.

[Cigam]

Can't see the picture...

I'm sorry, try this link:

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/a/img513/9715/9n6u.jpg

[DooLittle]

Still no go. I'm on tapatalk, don't know if that makes a difference.

[GregsMoko]

I've never seen poop like that before, maybe a trip to the vet just for a check up should be done as a precaution , not sure about snakes but I always thought that black poop meant blood (old blood) is present in the stool. Keep us updated for sure.

[Cigam]

I've never seen poop like that before, maybe a trip to the vet just for a check up should be done as a precaution , not sure about snakes but I always thought that black poop meant blood (old blood) is present in the stool. Keep us updated for sure.

Could that old blood be produced by her reabsorbing her follicles?

[GregsMoko]

Not sure, sorry, I wouldn't want to speculate, better check with a vet if you're unable to track it down otherwise

[Slim]

Can you save that in a ziplock? Your Vet may be able to determine what the contents are.