Calcium pellet excretion in Ball Pythons

[EyeLashViper]

Hello everybody,
I have noticed from time to time that my Ball Pythons will excrete what appears to be a large white, chalky sort of pellet - it can often be almost the same size as a fecal movement. I recall reading on the site here that snakes excrete the remains of their preys skeletons - a calcium nugget if it where. Is this true? These nuggets are dry and do not appear to be urates.
EyeLashViper

[Cody]

Yep, I don't know exactly what it is though. Some people say it's the ball of urates. Others say it's a calcium deposit from the bones of their pray, also called a bone sack. I dunno which it is, but I don't care either. As long as it's a normal and healthy thing to happen, I'm satisfied, lol.

[Adam_Wysocki]

They are urates (crystalized uric acid) and a normal by product of the snakes excrementory process.

Sometimes small undigested bone parts can be found in a ball pythons feces, but to my knowledge snakes do not excrete "bone sacs" and I know for a fact that ball pythons do not.

Hope this helps.

-adam

[Cody]

Cool, I'll take your word for it. I always believed the urates thing over the bone sacs thing. Just wasn't totally sure.