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Can anyone let me know roughly how long it takes a royal python deficate after eating please

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Originally Posted by fredjones1uk

Can anyone let me know roughly how long it takes a royal python defecate after eating please

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Ours usually go 3-5 days after eating. We just got 2 new ones from a reptile show but we don't know if they ate this past weekend at the show or not, but if they did (which we think they did) they also pooped right on schedule in the middle of this week.

A few days, a few weeks, few months, depends on feeding frequency, prey size, age of the animal etc

Bottom line they go when they need to.

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Originally Posted by Deborah

A few days, a few weeks, few months, depends on feeding frequency, prey size, age of the animal etc

Bottom line they go when they need to.

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I know they can go off of food for extended periods of time, but with regular feeding, I didn't know they could actually hold out pooping. Maybe mine just like to poop a lot lol.

I had an adult male leave me a very small but pungent "present" right before breaking a six month long fast.

I also noticed when I put my adults on a two-week feeding schedule instead of offering weekly, it would be 10-12 days before they'd "go" instead of 5-6 days.

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Originally Posted by fredjones1uk

Can anyone let me know roughly how long it takes a royal python deficate after eating please

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When it comes to urates, now that our girl is an established member of the household, she usually leaves urates after about 3-4 days....when we first got her it was literally over a month before she pooped...even now we've had her since Feb 1st and she's pooped maybe on average 1x per month. I think it is really up to the snake - varies greatly also on feeding schedules. When I feed a large mouse I get a poop, when I feed med. mouse I get urates.

Thankyou for your advice much appreciated :)

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Originally Posted by cheosamad

I know they can go off of food for extended periods of time, but with regular feeding, I didn't know they could actually hold out pooping. Maybe mine just like to poop a lot lol.

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They are just very efficient that way ;)

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