Regurgitation or Poop?

How long after a feed does a poop normally happen? How do you tell the difference between poop and regurgitation?


I think it's regurgitation, but it could be poop. You can see the white fur of hopper eaten Saturday night and it's thin and narrow.

I have not and still have not handled Kashmire since his feeding on Saturday, and he's spent the most of his time in his warm hide since feeding.

If you want, I can take a picture, as gross as that sounds! LOL

Robin

Take a pic :D....ha ha

If you fed on Saturday, and notice the 'deposit' in the enclosure today....most likely it is not a regurgitation.

The picture was hard to get clear (yup, took several pictures) and I'm about to re-boot my computer to download the computer (not recognizing the camera for some reason).

I just want to be SURE! LOL

Robin

PS, Can you tell I'm a newbie? LOL

Whoops, download the pictures. My boyfriend was laughing at me and said "go to your friends online and see what they say!"

Robin

OK, let's give this a try. I couldn't get a clear picture, the camera kept trying to focus on background.


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https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil.../Whatisit2.jpg

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Hope none of you were eating dinner while viewing this! LOL

Robin

I just finished dinner, but this doesn't bother me. I have a pretty strong stomach, when it comes to that kind of stuff. The pics are pretty blurry, but it looks like it may be a regurg. That mouse doesn't look digested at all, but I've never seen a regurg so I could be wrong. Hopefully you'll get a few more opinions shortly.

So, if it IS regurgitation, what would have caused it? His temps on warm side average between 90 and 92 and cool side 80 and 82. He hung out in his warm side hide the whole time. This afternoon was the first time he's been out (he's curled up in a cool side corner now.


Also, if it's regurgitation, how long should I wait to try to offer him food again? I'll be out of town starting this Saturday for a week, so would like to offer him another meal before I leave if he'll take it.

Oh, and this was a hopper, so I know it wasn't too large for him.

Robin

I would wait for someone else to confirm that, just in case. I've never had poop that contained discernable pieces, i.e. tail, legs and fur. If it is a regurg, it would be odd considering you fed 2 days ago - unless it was there and you didn't notice. I believe you hold off feeding for several weeks to allow the digestive tract to heal and recover it's normal bacterial and enzyme levels. Exactly how long I can't remember....like 3 weeks, maybe?

Have you had your snake to the vet yet? More importantly have you had a fecal done yet?

Oh yeah. That's a regurge. It's an undigested, regurgetated meal. Your snake would never poop out a completely undigested mouse. Snake puke.

Ah, thank you Ken. I needed another opinion!!!