ball python urine(or white chalky substance)

she must be getting plenty of fiber. are you giving her bran mice or something? :mrgreen: :wink:

Caren, unless you are giving her bran mice ;) that will probably slow down a bit with age. As long as everything looks good, I wouldn't worry about it, though I would double-check prey size and make sure it's leaving a good lump.

thanks,it's not mold as soon as it came out it was that color i remove any fecal dropping as soon as they are noticed,so i'm assuming that it's something in his diet,and if your snake is not poobing within a couple weeks of eating i suggest putting him in luke warm water in the tub for about 5 min's and i gurantee he will poob within the day, my bp poobs about once a week and it's always large and solid

On the other hand, I suggest waiting it out unless your snake has an engorged tail for more than several days as it's very unusual for a well-tended captive snake with sufficient humidity and a safe substrate to get constipated or impacted. Just my $0.02.

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she must be getting plenty of fiber. are you giving her bran mice or something?

Caren, unless you are giving her bran mice that will probably slow down a bit with age.

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They're fresh out of bran mice down here, so it's plain ol' mice for Soph. I did just switch her to small rats though as the adult mice just weren't cutting it anymore, i.e. I couldn't even tell I had just fed her w/the mice. The rats leave a nice lil' lump. Seems like she's gotten really fat over the past month--she's had 2 feedings w/rats at this point. She's at 300 grams according to my not entirely accurate scale. I have decided to feed her every 10 days instead of every 7 as her girth is outgrowing her length and I don't want to cause her to become obese as she is an eating machine!

I'll bet her system will take longer to process the rats completely and you'll see a bit of a slowdown, especially with the change in her feeding schedule. For what it's worth, I typically see the same pattern in my snakes as I do in my kids, growthwise: they go through cycles of getting longer and skinnier and then slowing down on the length and picking up the bulk. As long as you maintain a good feeding schedule (and I know you do), I wouldn't be too concerned about a "stocky" period.

i think nellie is having a stocky period right now. that little booger is getting some girth on her! :) she had a little spurt when i first got her and grew a few inches, but that slowed down and now she's gotten stocky. so i guess that is exactly what you just described. good to know we're all normal. :D

I wish I'd known about that whole cycling thing when I was 12. ;)

ha ha, yeah but i bet that wouldn't have made you feel a whole lot better about it.

he pooped aw and now his tank kinda reeks but it is going away. this is really ironic cuz i jat remodled his cage yesterday lol(new astroturf and hide)