Why won't she poop?

Autumn (my female lemon blast) hasn't defecated in quite some time. She urates but not as often as I would expect. Her hatch date is 4-16-11 I got her 8/25/11 weighing 216g. Feeding lg mouse once week. On 9-6-11 she weighed 234g. Defecated last on 9-17-11 and fed same day. 9-22-11 urated and lg mouse, 10-2-11 weanling (thought maybe in shed but she is not) 10-8-11 lg mouse. Now weighs 321g. Still no poop. She is in a 24 x 24 x 11.5 boaphile cage. 2 hides, water bowl, branch. Humidity and temps are good. She has been very active at night but less so during the day and she has become a bit "sketchy" when it comes to handling her so I have been leaving her alone. Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks.

She will go soon don't worry. Letting them crawl around or a warm bath can help speed things up. They don't go that often

I wouldn't worry right now. Mine only tend to defecate about once a month on their own, no worries! She's probably got a good one stewing in there, that's why she's getting antsy :P

Snakes are masters at energy conservation, and part of that is having a slow metabolism, which means less poop because they get more out of their prey. So poop once a month and sometimes even less often is completely fine. She'll be just fine :)

Its a good sign when babies arent pooping a lot. This means their in a growth spurt and hungry.

My hatchlings poop once every 30-45 days.

just dont want her pooping on me...... lol

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Originally Posted by onedroplet

just dont want her pooping on me...... lol

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Just watch out when the tip of the tail points UP! ...
But I don't know for a fact you will ALWAYS get a warning though......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCqf0JOu9Hs

Hermes peed on me about a week ago. That was sure a big surprise! He must have REALLY had a FULL bladder! Had to change my jeans and wash a throw pillow and rinse a spot on the sofa cushion! Now I keep a incontinence pad on my lap ;)

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Originally Posted by AZ_Equine

Just watch out when the tip of the tail points UP! ...
But I don't know for a fact you will ALWAYS get a warning though......


Hermes peed on me about a week ago. That was sure a big surprise! He must have REALLY had a FULL bladder! Had to change my jeans and wash a throw pillow and rinse a spot on the sofa cushion! Now I keep a incontinence pad on my lap ;)

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Been there done that

+1 on the warm bath. I have been pooped on three times by two different snakes and now I use an old towel on my lap whenever I have them out.

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Originally Posted by onedroplet

just dont want her pooping on me...... lol

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I've waited almost 3 weeks for Iggy's first poop.
She did it while in my lap.
[and yet, I was overjoyed....how disturbing is that?] LOL

She was at first acting sluggish, then get antsy and I noticed her fanny looked "funny" [too "fat"] and then her tail tip went up and out slid all this goop!

I gently stroked her front to back and it just....kept....coming.

Finally, the tail went down and she was done.

Then she was back to her rambling, exploring little self.

[you are gonnna get it right in the lap...I'd bet on it]...LOL

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Originally Posted by AZ_Equine

Just watch out when the tip of the tail points UP! ...
But I don't know for a fact you will ALWAYS get a warning though......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCqf0JOu9Hs

Hermes peed on me about a week ago. That was sure a big surprise! He must have REALLY had a FULL bladder! Had to change my jeans and wash a throw pillow and rinse a spot on the sofa cushion! Now I keep a incontinence pad on my lap ;)

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OMG...LOL at the video.

That's as much as my 30 pound Portuguese Podengo Medio dog puts out!

OMG!

Super Poop!

:O

want her to poop! clean her cage. :O

some one stated on another thread they tend not to poop much because there using all the nutrients etcc from there food to grow when there young


and yh i hate cleaning then ti find 10mins later a big poop :rolleyes:

there smarter than we know lol

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Originally Posted by AZ_Equine

Just watch out when the tip of the tail points UP! ...
But I don't know for a fact you will ALWAYS get a warning though......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCqf0JOu9Hs

Hermes peed on me about a week ago. That was sure a big surprise! He must have REALLY had a FULL bladder! Had to change my jeans and wash a throw pillow and rinse a spot on the sofa cushion! Now I keep a incontinence pad on my lap ;)

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the kids reaction is too funny : P

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Originally Posted by don15681

want her to poop! clean her cage. :O

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:rofl:

Just like how my cats wait around for me to finish cleaning the litterbox so they can use it.

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Originally Posted by meowmeowkazoo

:rofl:

Just like how my cats wait around for me to finish cleaning the litterbox so they can use it.

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oh god, yea....


my pin used to poop too much, like once a week (back when she was on mice hoppers)

I would not consider soaking unless there is a real issue and the animal in question has a blockage.

There is no need to put a BP through necessary stress simply because they have a typical behavior and defecate when they need too.

Now if you see a buldge near the vet area for several days and nothing happens that's another story.

My girl almost pooped on me saturday : P Luckily I was just about to put her back in her tank after a handling session, the second I put her down, her tail comes up to the sky and a huge amount of poop comes out. It smelled pretty bad too, I wont lie. Hahah shes a pig

When I first got my ball at 5 months old he would poop a little healthy turd about once a week and have a perfect shed once a month. I moved about a month ago and he continued to eat perfectly fine in my new place but didn't shed for 2 months. Then he was showing signs of going into shed for almost 3 weeks and continued eating but stopped pooping. I soaked him once and then I started a thread cause I was nervous but everyone told me not to worry. FINALLY he shed nicely and pooped the same day, and the day after....aaand the day after that haha Perfectly healthy snakey just switched it all up on me :P As long as husbandry is fine and theyre eating healthy like people have said, I'm gonna try and worry less in the future ;)

Not sure who this guy is, but be glad you dont have to deal with these!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2vpTxURBJ4

You know what they say lol.. big dog big.. Well it works for snakes too apparently. haha