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    Registered User Sallysmom's Avatar
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    Poop matters

    Hi there!
    My BP Sally just shed for me for the second time. The shed went beautifully and in one nice piece. There are no dull scales or shed pieces or any issues really. I kept his humidity between 70 and 80 for the time of the shed. Now and normally his humidity is 55-60 and his temps are 90 basking, 80-82 ambient and 78 cool end. He has three hides (one hot side, one cold side, one in the middle with damp moss in it). I’m using thermostat regulated UTH on the hot side and a heat lamp to keep the ambient up.
    So now to the question. I had him for almost two months in which time he hadn’t refused any meals (rat pups 10-15% of his weight every 6 days) in fact he strikes at his food the second it hits the tank (I feed frozen thawed). He pooped twice so far. First time when he shed first time and second time on August 3rd. I was expecting him to poop during this shed since they seem to tend to do that but he didn’t (?) so it has been 26 days since he pooped and he has like 5 rats in him. Is it too early to worry or should I somehow induce the pooping? He seems to be healthy and happy so I’m not too stressed out about it I was just wondering at what point should I interfere in these poop matters?

    And here’s the pic of my freshly shed BP baby

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    Sally looks fine. he doesn't look doesn't look to have a sausage butt or blocked, so he's probably absorbing as much of the nutritious rats he's eaten in those 26 days as he can. you baby will eat, shed and continue to poop as he pleases.
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    I agree with Ax01- and bear in mind that snakes eating younger rodents can digest almost all of them, so it may take a while before he has
    "something to contribute".

    Good job taking care of him and also on giving us all the details to better answer your question.
    Last edited by Bogertophis; 08-29-2018 at 08:18 PM.

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