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Ive had my ball for 5 or 6 years. and i never had a problem with him... recently i noticed he has bumps near his tail... hes moving fine, last time he ate it was fine, but... i niticed he has not go poop yet. its been like 3 weeks... what should i do? could that be whats causing the blockage? he went last month... im scared to feed him again until i see the rest come out.... :confused:

Some BP's only poop after a shed, I wouldn't be too worried.

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Yes, if he's hungry, he doesn't have a blockage. That makes any animal horribly uncomfortable, and they won't eat.

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he shed fine a few weeks ago... he hasnt pooped in a month.

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ill do it tomorrow!

he does seem to be going about his business though i think he is hungry (i know he is hungry) but i wanted him to poop.

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And i see now that he may have a littler scale rot going on in that area.... i put badodine on it and some other stuff i read.... Oy

That does look uncomfortable. Does he seem sensitive when you handle the area? Can you feel any gas movement when holding him? Are the lumps hard or soft? It could be a number of things but without knowing how it feels/sounds, it would be hard to say what it actually is.

Boy, I don't know what that could be. Maybe someone else can chime in, but perhaps its hard urates that need to pass? Maybe a warm water soak??

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That does look uncomfortable. Does he seem sensitive when you handle the area? Can you feel any gas movement when holding him? Are the lumps hard or soft? It could be a number of things but without knowing how it feels/sounds, it would be hard to say what it actually is.

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They are hard... and he is uncomfortable (assuiming he is a he with the hooks) its a little more sensative in that area,,, i noticed no poop but the white poop like things.... small but they are there... i dont know what gas would fee like i tried a mini massage to se if that helped.... no

ill try that

done... well see in a few hours or days.

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They are hard... and he is uncomfortable (assuiming he is a he with the hooks) its a little more sensative in that area,,, i noticed no poop but the white poop like things.... small but they are there... i dont know what gas would fee like i tried a mini massage to se if that helped.... no

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Male and females both have the 'hooks', called spurs. they can be small or large, or almost non-existent. The white 'poop like things' are urates, or essentially excess calcium and essentially solidified snake-pee. A luke-warm water soak won't hurt anything, and may help soften whatever is in there. What they mean by gas is if when you massage the bumps, if they feel like pockets of air, or if it feels solid/hard. So.. when you feel the bumps, do they feel hard (like lumps of chalk), gassy (pockets of air), or rubbery (like soft pencil eraser, or hard boiled egg)? the thing that concerns me most is that it also looks like the spine is bent or that the bump extends to the back, and isn't just within the abdomen. Whatever you do, just be very gentle. Don't force it if it feels like it wont budge. Without knowing what's inside, applying too much force could cause more problems.

How long has it been there? Has it slowly started to appear, or was this over the course of a day or two, or instantly? If it's just urates/poo, you likely have little to worry about, but if it's been there a while, and particularly if it's getting larger, a vet visit may be necessary.

ok did some of that... they are hard... he ate the other day fine... and still no poo... but now one of his/hers scales look like its deteriorrating.... and has little fluid :/ i dont know and its been about a month now at least since i noticed! If anything its bad >.<