Hi! I’m not sure if this has been asked before in the forums, but for some reason whenever my ball python poops/pees there’s a LOT of liquid urine and a normal looking poop but no urates. By a “lot” of liquid urine I mean he soaks literally half of the paper towels in his 33qt tub.
I’ve had him for about a month now (he’s 9 months old) and so far he’s pooped/peed twice and ate for the 3rd time yesterday. His temps are in the recommended range and are monitored/maintained daily with a thermostat and temp gun.
I feed him F/T rats that weigh 30g once a week. He only eats the rat if I leave it in his tub for 1-2 hours and make the room as quiet/dark as possible.
The two times he’s pooped/peed in my care have also been within 3 days of him eating, and I read that ball pythons take 5 days to fully digest their meals and therefore usually poop one week or longer after eating.
The first time he pooped was actually within 24 hours after he ate his meal….so based on that information, he seems to be digesting his food way quicker than normal and poops/pees more often than he’s “supposed” to.
Besides his seemingly abnormal pooping/peeing patterns, I’m not worried about his stress because he doesn’t show any typical stressed behavior and eats regularly. I was just wondering why I haven’t been seeing any solid urates because it seems like instead of his body producing a urate it just produces a ton of liquid urine instead?