speckled urate?

ive never seen this before... im worried. help me?

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What type of substrate are you using? It almost looks like it was rolled around in soil or something......

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news paper. :/
it was one of three urate clumps. the other two looked normal, except one had a few of these...specks.. they almost look like some sort of parasite egg. i checked very closely. nothing is in her enclosure. im fearing some sort of internal parasite.

It almost looks like feces from a insect. How are the bowel movements. could be parasites, as that is not normal

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Originally Posted by RichsBallPythons

It almost looks like feces from a insect. How are the bowel movements. could be parasites, as that is not normal

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i thought that too. but there is no evidence of anything being in her tank. the poo looked normal (a little smaller than usual, but shes eating smaller food more often) she came off of a 3 month hunger strike a month ago. turns out, she was just refusing rats. shes taking adult mice like a champ, which im buying from a NEW LOCAL pet store. hmm?

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Originally Posted by Qetu

i thought that too. but there is no evidence of anything being in her tank. the poo looked normal (a little smaller than usual, but shes eating smaller food more often) she came off of a 3 month hunger strike a month ago. turns out, she was just refusing rats. shes taking adult mice like a champ, which im buying from a NEW LOCAL pet store. hmm?

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One thing you CAN try is stop using tap water and use distilled water with this snake. See if it clears up, if it does, could be a problem with your water havign a build up that is transferred to the snake.

Its not mold as it cant survive growing on ammonia based waste

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Originally Posted by RichsBallPythons

One thing you CAN try is stop using tap water and use distilled water with this snake. See if it clears up, if it does, could be a problem with your water havign a build up that is transferred to the snake.

Its not mold as it cant survive growing on ammonia based waste

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Didn't think about that one.. makes me feel a little more at ease. ill definitely try that. thanks!

have any other snake done this or just this one. If the water is the culprit, might be wise to get a water softener hooked into your water line intake.

have you noticed any hard water spots say in shower, and snakes water bowls.

she's the only one. no hard water spots either.

It might be worth the piece of mind to have a fecal exam done. It is odd. Just a second thought did you try shaking out the newspaper on something (white paper) to see if any similar black bits come out? It might be something off the paper.

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Originally Posted by kitedemon

It might be worth the piece of mind to have a fecal exam done. It is odd. Just a second thought did you try shaking out the newspaper on something (white paper) to see if any similar black bits come out? It might be something off the paper.

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if it continues, ill have it examined. i didnt shake out the news paper, i threw it out. but i did look closely and didnt see anything at all.

I think everyone is over thinking this one. Urates take on all kinds of different colors and forms not just white. I wouldn't worry one bit. I have seen many an ugly urate in my time. When you use newspaper you see all the details. I have seen this many many times, nothing to worry about.

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Originally Posted by West Coast Jungle

I think everyone is over thinking this one. Urates take on all kinds of different colors and forms not just white. I wouldn't worry one bit. I have seen many an ugly urate in my time. When you use newspaper you see all the details. I have seen this many many times, nothing to worry about.

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but its not just color. they are raised bumps.. like ON the urate

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Originally Posted by West Coast Jungle

I think everyone is over thinking this one. Urates take on all kinds of different colors and forms not just white. I wouldn't worry one bit. I have seen many an ugly urate in my time. When you use newspaper you see all the details. I have seen this many many times, nothing to worry about.

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I too have seen this with my snakes from time to time. I wouldn't worry about it.

Yeah, I had this happen once. I looked at it, poked it, put it in a tupperware and kept it for a week to see if it would do anything. Nothing happened. Said snake hasn't passed a similar one since. I figured it was possibly something on the rat I had fed, or something the rat had eaten that wasn't normal. None of my other snakes have done it either.

But I do second the distilled water, it does take an element of confusion out. I also recommend that you take the water dish - and if possible - boil the whole thing for a good 10 minutes or so. and let it cool on its own. I do this whenever something strange comes up, or just change out the dish if it isn't boilable.

well, she seems fine. ill watch closely but feel much better! thanks everyone!