Is this poop or regurge? (gross picture inside)

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Originally Posted by Slyther83

The further distance photos have less detail and look like plain old poop. Its very gumlike, almost like toothpaste consistency with hair in it. It seems different than poop but this is a new snake so I don't know.

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Well everyone else thinks its poo so i guess they see the pic better then i do :P

It's pretty odd looking poop but poop nonetheless. If it was regurge 1) you'd know by the smell and 2) it would more than likely contain much more than just hair.

Usually the poop will consist of the hair because its the toughest part to break down and is of no use to the animal, so it's not abnormal to get hairy poo. (Never thought I'd say that before LOL). Heck, once I got a poop from a BP that actually had perfect whiskers on either side :P

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Originally Posted by alexandra v

it's pretty odd looking poop but poop nonetheless. If it was regurge 1) you'd know by the smell and 2) it would more than likely contain much more than just hair.

Usually the poop will consist of the hair because its the toughest part to break down and is of no use to the animal, so it's not abnormal to get hairy poo. (never thought i'd say that before lol). Heck, once i got a poop from a bp that actually had perfect whiskers on either side :p

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Thanks for the replies. The reason I was/am on the fence about it is because it was the same color/consistency as her regurge last time. The only difference is that this is 5 days after a feed instead of 1-2, and there were no bones, just mush and hair. Her regurge before didn't smell that bad to me, cuz its so small, so IDK :(

The other may have been poo as well. This one def. looks like poo to me. As far as the smell.....there is NO mistaking it. It will take over an entire room in 2.2 seconds and again there is NO MISTAKING the smell. After you get rid of a regurge and you clean everything...the smell will still linger on. Its literally the nastiest thing ever.

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Originally Posted by Jerhart

You WILL know if it is regurge. You would have smelt it before you saw it...

Can't think of a worst smell off the top of my head than a regurgitated rat.

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Agreed!!! You would know immediately. It's second only to rotting human flesh, which i haven't been lucky enough to experience.

Pick it apart. If there are bones inside and bits of a recognizable skeleton, then it's regurge. If it's only hair, it's poo.

EDIT: whoops, saw the 2nd page of replies. Yeah, just hair = poop.

Awesome- I feel better about it now, thanks for all the replies everyone. The highlight of my week was sifting through snake poop and taking photos of it to share on the internet :P

If it was a regurg, there is no way your nose would be able to stand sifting through it!

Sometimes they just poop out big globs of hair. Its normal. I am willing to bet that the first "regurg" was also just poop.

You would be able to tell if it was a regurg. The smell, what it looks like. Its unmistakable once you see/smell it.

Generally, regurgitation happens 1-2 days after feeding. After that, the food is no longer in the stomach and can't really be regurgitated..

I know someone how could not tell one time they but it in a glass of hot water then mixed it up. if it is just hair then poop