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    Help! 3yrold BP Pooped, then vomited.

    Setup:
    40gal
    UTH on right side (90F on the pad, rest of the tank is 80-85 depending on time of day).
    One hide on each side of the tank. Log and Water bowl in the middle.
    paper towel bottom
    misting daily, Humiditiy is 60%.


    Rupert, my 3 year old BP grayed up for shed about 3 days ago (He tends to sulk in his cool cave when this happens so I didn't disturb him), and today he started shedding. It's way messier of a shed then normal, even though I've been misting him the same.

    I heard a gurgle come from the tank, and when I looked over, I seen he'd left a massive poop in the center of his tank. Figured oh, he farted. Another gurgle- oh no. I find him on the other side of his big log with what looks like a lot of water, and what should have been Sunday's dinner but looks almost like the massive dump he just took, and he's wiggling his mouth back into place, breathing heavily.

    He did a few laps of the tank, dragging his mess of shed with him until he was breathing normally, and then went to his warm hide. I'm running to the 24h store for more paper towels but, does anyone have any suggestions of what to do at 4am on a Saturday ): I'm very worried about him. He's never shown any other signs of not being well.

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    Figured pictures might help so here are those.

    Big Poop: https://s31.postimg.org/xvp57sirv/IMG_00005288.jpg

    This was the 'not a poop': https://s31.postimg.org/53idobb4b/IMG_00005292.jpg

    "Mom I had a bad time": https://s31.postimg.org/mi2lwl897/IMG_00005295.jpg

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    Tank is clean, Rupert is clean (bath helped him get almost all his shed off, and now he's not smelly). He's active and alert, tongue out smelling everything. Butt looks a little sore from that big poop, but otherwise, he's acting completely normal. As if nothing happened. ):

    The only other thing I can think of, is he refused dinner on me for about 4 weeks in a row, then has been eating like usual the last 2. He can be a bit of a fussy eater (prefers mice over rats, sometimes gets shy about me watching and i have to cover the tank with a blanket), but I work at a petstore so I never have to worry about not having more mice for him. His mice are from frozen, I always warm them for him in a bowl in the sink.

    If anyone has any ideas, I'll be checking in here before I leave in the morning..... in 4 hours. yikes.

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    Re: Help! 3yrold BP Pooped, then vomited.

    I had almost exactly the same experience years ago with a red tail boa. Try not to worry to much as long as he is breathing normal and acting normal.

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