Hairballs???

Yes.. He's about 4 hours away...If she hadn't of pooped, that is where I was going to take her. I wanted to have experience with someone close by in case I ever had an emergency... but now I will take her there for everything!! How long
would you guys let your snakes go without taking a dump before you became concerned???

Thanks again,
Susan

The longest I have waited in between poo's was 5 weeks.

I guarantee you the reason why she isn't pooping is because she isn't eating enough.

To give it some perspective, hatchling ball pythons right out of the egg are started on hopper mice, which are larger then fuzzy mice. They quickly move to adult mice.

An adult ball python normally eats a small rat once per week.

At 1 1/2 years old, that snake SHOULD be eating small rats. If I were you, I would invest in a good digital gram scale to track her weight. A year and a half female usually weighs around 1000-1500g if it is eating consistently.

Since your snake is probably much smaller then another snake of the same age, I would start with feeding her 10-15% of her body weight once per week until she can catch up to small rats. At that point, a small rat once a week is plenty.

Kinda funny.....

Some of my Bloods have gone over 6 months without pooping and I dont sweat it

Just bump the food up to the recommended amount and see how she does, I think you'll be relieved

Thanks to all.. You guys are so kind to us newbees

Virginia
here is a list of vets in VA that are recommended from another site!! Hope it helps.


Eastern Exotic Veterinary Center
Kelley McDonald, DVM
4001 Legato Road
Fairfax, VA 22033
(703) 654-3100

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Virginia Beach Vetrinary Hospital
Dr. David Morris
2013 Pleasure House Road
Virginia Beach, VA 23452
(757)460-3308