New BP Owner, another Poop question

My son's young BP has been with us 2 months now. She is active and is eating fuzzies once a week pretty regularily. Occasionally she skips a week.

No poop yet. As a newbie should we be concerned? (I am a little).

--john

I'd consider it an abnormally long time to not poop, but due to my recent similar experience, i'd say it a can be nothing. But our situations may differ, so you might want to check the belly for any hard lumps.

Mine went 3 months without poop despite twice a week feeding, so i was starting to worry. A day after i post my problem she proved i was a silly worry wart by leaving me a huge present, roughly a third of her body length.

what does she weigh? Are you feeding fuzzy mice or rats?

If it is mice your are likely under feeding and she has nothing to waste.


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She weighs 107g (~3.75oz). I am feeding her fuzzies. When we got her she didn't eat for 3 weeks, then its been regular once a week with one skipped week when she shed (about 2 weeks ago).

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Originally Posted by jderimig

She weighs 107g (~3.75oz). I am feeding her fuzzies. When we got her she didn't eat for 3 weeks, then its been regular once a week with one skipped week when she shed (about 2 weeks ago).

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you should be able to feed a normal size mouse for a snake that size. I have a little guy who is the same weight as yours and he is on normal mice once a week and defecated a couple of days ago. I would bump up the size prey you are feeding it.

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She weighs 107g (~3.75oz). I am feeding her fuzzies. When we got her she didn't eat for 3 weeks, then its been regular once a week with one skipped week when she shed (about 2 weeks ago).

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How many times has it eaten? Doing a little rough math based on your accounts, i'd dare to say it's not more than 4 times. In which case i'd follow the advice on upsizing the meals, eithet switching to larger food, feeding more or increasing frequency....

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Originally Posted by J.P.

How many times has it eaten? Doing a little rough math based on your accounts, i'd dare to say it's not more than 4 times. In which case i'd follow the advice on upsizing the meals, eithet switching to larger food, feeding more or increasing frequency....

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She has eaten 6 weeks out of the last 9.

Ok. I thought you had her 8 weeks (2 months according to first post). Missed first 3 weeks and skipped 1 meal during shed so i came up with 4.
Anyway, might be underfed so follow the advice on increasing the food. Regular feeding is a good sign, so there's a good chance that she will be ok. Keep us posted.

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Ok. I thought you had her 8 weeks (2 months according to first post). Missed first 3 weeks and skipped 1 meal during shed so i came up with 4.
Anyway, might be underfed so follow the advice on increasing the food. Regular feeding is a good sign, so there's a good chance that she will be ok. Keep us posted.

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Thanks for the info. She just took a fuzzy and i will offer her another in a few days.

At 107 grams, she should be able to knock the dog snot out of a small adult mouse. Are you feeding fuzzies because you're concerned about moving her to larger prey? Try not to worry about it. These little critters are purpose built to throw a beat down on rodent type creatures. They are BORN good at it, and it's a thing of beauty.

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She weighs 107g (~3.75oz). I am feeding her fuzzies.

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Fuzzy what? Fuzzy rats? Fuzzy mice?

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Originally Posted by Slim

At 107 grams, she should be able to knock the dog snot out of a small adult mouse. Are you feeding fuzzies because you're concerned about moving her to larger prey? Try not to worry about it. These little critters are purpose built to throw a beat down on rodent type creatures. They are BORN good at it, and it's a thing of beauty.

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ROFLMAO! If it weren't so informative I would say you were just playing. Also... Totally right about the thing of beauty. My wife, daughters and I all stifle cheers (to not upset her) when she gets her mouse. I don't have a scale yet to get her weight but my little girl is about 2.5 feet and I feed her small adult mice (Arctic Mice brand). Now I think I am underfeeding her as well. Whole post opened my eyes a bit. I think Nayo might be getting medium mice soon. Maybe even small rats.

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Sometimes they get constipated. Try letting her soak in warm water.


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Its doubtful it is constipated.
Snakes can go weeks-months without pooping. It's just how they are. And as a growing baby, it's absorbing as much food and energy as possible.
And most snakes will wait for a shed to poop, so if it hasn't shed yet, I would wait for that.

Most of my snakes will only poop when they shed.

What temperature do you keep the enclosure? I've only experienced lack of pooping due to temps not being high enough and prey not being large enough.




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*except my blood pythons. I'm pretty sure they purposely held their poo in until after I deep cleaned their enclosures.


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Originally Posted by jackie682

What temperature do you keep the enclosure? I've only experienced lack of pooping due to temps not being high enough and prey not being large enough.

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It might be on the cool side. The basking area is over 90 but the warm hide is only in the upper 80s during the day. At night the warm side probably drops to mid-high 70's where there is a warming mat.