BP Excrement Questions

[Dramatron]

Hi all! I just got my first BP two weeks ago and I have a few questions about her excrement. First, how often should I expect to find poop/urine/urates? The first day I brought her back home she left me a nice surprise in the morning in her hide (poop). Should I expect to find any more poop, or do they only poop once from meal to meal? Another question, how much do BPs pee? I haven't seen any discoloration in the substrate or smelled anything bad coming from the enclosure, do they only pee occasionally? Anyway... thanks for any info!

[SadieJ]

I've had mine for about 6 weeks & have only cleaned up poop twice. I'll find urates about every week to a week & a half. They look like little white pebbles & very hard if th snake released them hours before.

Congrats & welcome! I enjoy my BP very much, so much I have a 2nd one coming

[SadieJ]

They'll also drop a huge poop after they shed. My boy pooped in his shed, which was gross but made clean up easy!

[SadieJ]

I've actually cleaned poop 3x, sorry

[Daigga]

You'll be lucky if yours ends up regular. The short answer is that they poop when they feel like it and not a minute sooner, though things like a shed or a thorough cage cleaning might tempt a bm out of some snakes. Don't be concerned if you go a few weeks and/or meals between poos, this is normal.

Urates happen more frequently, and can come either as hard pebble like substances or as a wet mess (or both!). As long as your bp is eating regularly, has good humidity and access to fresh water, Urates once a week or so is reasonable. More or less frequent still isn't anything to be concerned with most of the time.

[DennisM]

They'll also drop a huge poop after they shed. My boy pooped in his shed, which was gross but made clean up easy!

I find this quite convenient, I wish they'd do it this way every time. Of course, they prefer to go right after I have cleaned the cage.

[hazzaram]

My male goes regularly and his pee can soak his entire substrate. My female however will only go after she sheds and let me tell you, it's a huge, yucky mess since she's been holding it in.