Hold off feeding for poop reasons?
I'm considering not feeding my BP for a couple of weeks in advance of me being away for 8 days for reasons of a clean cage while I'm gone. He doesn't like it when he poops in his cage and I'll hate it if he's stuck for a week when I'm not able to clean his cage. I usually feed him weekly, but in this scenario he'll not be fed for 3 weeks. Is this ok?
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yes it is, I do the same thing when I'll be away for a week or more.
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How about feeding him the day before you leave? I don't think he would digest and poop out his meal in 8 days time. I have the same thing coming up in a couple weeks when I leave for Canada for a weeks fishing but will only miss one meal and they way mine eats and his size I figure missing one meal sure isn't going to hurt him.
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M.P.C
Not feeding him wont guarantee he wont go to the br, they go when they have to go not based on when they eat... snakes can hold poo from a previous feeding for a long time
So true, it'll probably poop as soon as OP leaves the house.
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DennisM
So true, it'll probably poop as soon as OP leaves the house.
that's what I'm afraid of.
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Not sure if my advice was very good. Feed mine Tuesday evening and woke up this morning to a massive poop and a full shed as well. At least he got it out of the way before I left so I won't have to worry about it now. Hopefully you'll get lucky as well and he'll go before you leave.
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Smitty33
Not sure if my advice was very good. Feed mine Tuesday evening and woke up this morning to a massive poop and a full shed as well. At least he got it out of the way before I left so I won't have to worry about it now. Hopefully you'll get lucky as well and he'll go before you leave.
You must be living right! :)
