No shed or poop in 6 weeks

[wetbar]

Do I need to be worried that my ball python has not shed or poop after eating every week for six weeks? I'm not sure how old she was when I got her, but PetSmart said she was about a month old.

Thanks for the input.

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[usaf21stsf]

Has she shed or pooped since you got her? Has she been eating? What's your humidity levels like?

[redshepherd]

If she's really only a month, that's very young- but I wouldn't always trust petsmart employees either...

Assuming that she's a decent size and age and not underweight, it's nothing to worry about. It would be worrisome if she really is only a month old and has only eaten one meal or something. How much does she weigh? A picture would help too.

[Eric Alan]

No need to be worried about that right now. As long as you're feeding appropriately sized meals, providing fresh water at all times, and have made sure the enclosure is set up properly, they will do their thing on their own time.

[wetbar]

Yes she eats every week religiously, but not one poop or shed that I can find in her cage. I keep the humidity around 70, but I also noticed her or my red tail boa I have never seen them in the water.

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[redshepherd]

Yes she eats every week religiously, but not one poop or shed that I can find in her cage. I keep the humidity around 70, but I also noticed her or my red tail boa I have never seen them in the water.

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Sounds fine! You'll find an explosion soon. =P

You generally won't see these species in the water unless they're dehydrated/too hot or with mites.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

I know you have been feeding every week but what size prey have you been feeding?

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[AlexisFitzy]

If she's young she's probably using the weekly meals to the full and not letting any go to waste and using it to grow. Once she gets ready she will shed and usually they will wait for a shed cycle to poop too. A nice double whammy


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[wetbar]

This is her two weeks after I got her so about 4 weeks ago.

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[wetbar]

I just started feeding her Hopper mice last week, before that she was on to pinky mice a week, for one week, and then before that she was just on a pinky mice a week.

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