Has anyone heard a ball python Fart Lol!!!

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Originally Posted by bearhart

Yea, that's almost exactly what the manager of the store says. I think he's guilty of exaggeration / paranoia. Even if they saw a few snakes a week that's probably still minor considering there's probably 50 ball pythons sold per day in a city this size. The population of pet snakes must be 10's of thousands. And, considering how the stores flip live mice on Fri and Sat nights, all from the same sources, there would be epidemics. But, not all of these things create an emergency situation so who knows. Its probably not a bad idea to get a vet to do a poo inspection every now and again if its not too costly.

Mr. F/T says he just gives all his snakes the treatment once per year. I guess he likes to run a clean ship!

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Or he might be the type that spreads false info and inturn his own collection is poorly taking care of ;) .

I believe the guy is sincere and means well. I don't think he is incorrect but just sees an inordinate amount of these things because healthy snakes don't show up at the vet.

To me it sounds reasonable simply because bacteria and intestinal parasites can affect almost any creature with "guts". I just am unsure of the actual risk factor. You know if you worked in a hospital's cancer ward you'd probably be really big on telling people not to smoke.

I'm not trying to scare anybody just passing it along. It seems like it couldn't hurt to get your snake a checkup every now and then.

LOL! How bad does a snake fart smell? Can it be worse than a dog fart?

It's weird, your own snake's farts don't smell bad - only other people's.

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Originally Posted by Davis

he also shot poo across the tank

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well then he didn't fart...


He sharted!


ewwww.....

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Originally Posted by jeffnme

well then he didn't fart...


He sharted!


ewwww.....

:giggle:

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:8: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

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Originally Posted by bearhart

There might be something serious to consider here though. Unless the snake is consuming air then the gas is coming from bacterial action in the digestive system. It might be smart to take a poo sample to the vet to make sure there aren't any nasties living in your snake's bowels. I was picking up some feeders today and "Mr. F/T" was there giving me grief for feeding live. He works at a vet and says he sees snakes with intenstinal infections all the time. He rattled off a pretty impressive list of bacteria and parasites and said that live-feeders should get a checkup once per year.

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I believe I've heard one of the ball pythons do it once or twice. What I hear occasionally, is the loud messy noise from my black blood female. (Which always makes me shudder and wonder if she's just sprayed a cage wall or something). (she's about 4 feet long or so, and over 8 lbs). She's a F/t feeder and I've had her checked for parasites and she's clean.

That's good to hear! I guess my bean-fed mice theory must be true... :D

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Originally Posted by jeffnme

well then he didn't fart...


He sharted!


ewwww.....

:giggle:

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:8: :8: :8: OMG! The WRONG thread to be reading while I'm eating lunch here at work! I just sprayed my monitor!:oops: :O

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Originally Posted by sweety314

:8: :8: :8: OMG! The WRONG thread to be reading while I'm eating lunch here at work! I just sprayed my monitor!:oops: :O

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lol...sorry :oops:

at least you had a good laugh though!

:D