I just fed!!

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Originally Posted by thedigi1

No I have fed him like 6 times and still I have not seen a load like in that pic! i have not seen or smelled anything! now im worried :(

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Now what Drew? :rolleyes:

Jasball im not trying to start anything man im just trying to help a new person out its good to see new people get into the hobby so it will continue to thrive, give it another week with no poo might be time to take it to the vet just a question did you get the snake from petsmart, petco?

Petsmart

Lets just say they are known for not keeping reptiles in the best of care like i said give it a week and see what happens he might not of been fed by them so just give it some time and see what happens

Cool man! Thanks for the info!

no problem just trying to help :gj:

Maybe I missed it, but how often are you feeding? That could play a part in it too. If you've fed him 6 times but closer together, then his system may not have had time to work through it all yet. They tend to let it all build up and then let it go in one big dump.

You can try soaking him in warm water (remember that because they are cold-blooded, "warm" to us can be scalding to them. So be careful about water temp. Keep it in the mid 80s I would guess.) The warm water sometimes relaxes them enough to allow them to pass waste.

I wouldn't be too concerned about it though. If he goes a couple of months without a BM, then I would schedule a trip to the vet. Otherwise, it seems normal to me. My girl is perfectly healthy and she doesn't poop very often at all. She'll pass urates semi-regularly, but hold poops for a month or two at a time. Makes cleaning easy. :P

If that is your snake in the avatar, and that is the size meals he is getting, THAT is why he isn't defecating. He is using all of his energy to digest that tiny mouse, which has no nutrition at all. He's not going to defecate unless you actually feed him something worthwhile.

I would suggest NOT buying the frozen mice from Petsmart. They are overpriced and incredibly tiny. $10 for 3 is rediculous..

Find a place that sells small to medium adult mice, and give him one of those every 5-7 days. Only tiny hatchlings right out of the egg are going to eat hopper mice(not even those fuzzies you're feeding). After a few meals, they get started on small adults and worked up as they grow. If you continue to feed him the fuzzy mice, he will end up stunted and underweight.