while poo is the topic here...
is it ok for a snake to go months between poos? my girl give me a urate every other week, maybe every couple weeks but she hasnt left me any poo for some time, i forgot exactly how long but i know it was about 2 sheds ago & 2 sheds ago was in march...
i dont wanna stress her with a soaking if i dont have to & she's been eating every 10 days or so since that march shed with 1 missed feeding due to an aggressive rat. downsized from smalls to weaned for a bit & have, as of 3 feedings ago, gotten back up to smalls.
so the point is
5 months since last poo + 15 meals since then = still no poo????:weirdface:
should i soak her? :confused:
sorry for the hijack
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08-23-2011, 05:05 PM
Lancerlot109@aol.com
Re: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Originally Posted by Shadera
You relaxed the little fella. Who doesn't fart in the tub? :rofl:
If you've been giving pinkies, it's highly possible that's giving him looser stools. No hair to help hold things together. Or it could be the change, too. I wouldn't worry about it unless it becomes chronic and loose.
thanks! that makes a lot of sense actually. i never considered the hair of a rat making the the poop solid.
08-23-2011, 05:23 PM
kitedemon
mommanessy247 All I can do it tell you about my experience one of the rescues I have managed to eat a huge pile of cyprus chips once and then had failed to poop for at least 6 months. She started to feel decidedly round not flat along the keel scales but rounded and the lower 1/3 was like a balloon airy and if you palpitated her it made belly grumblings.
The vet told us to soak her and she also gave oral Meds that I have forgotten the name of. (after the xrays) The vet also said that she needed to have a period of active time as well as the 20 min soak twice a day. All of the above cleared up the issue.
What I have learned since. Knowing what I currently do I might try a couple of things first before a vet visit. feed smaller which you have done. This is a bit unpleasant and requires F/T I don't know if you do or not. I used a curved syringe and injected clear water into the rat (by mouth ) and added 2ml/kg of snake. This is nice a gentle it is just water.
Dr. J. Rossi suggests a rat lax that is to inject into a dead rat 1mL/kg of body weight human grade mineral oil and feeding this.
ref. What's wrong with my snake? Rossi and Rossi
I might try water one week with soaking and then after a week try the oil. When you get poop I would highly suggest having a fecal done as internal parasites can cause constipation especially if there is no other reason.
