white poop

i'm learning so much here that i never even knew to try and find out! so there's a difference between the brown poop and the white things? i always thought they were just poop... only white? will someone please explain this to me?

the white things are urates....perfectly normal

but what does that mean? what are urates? is this something i never learned in school?

well,whenpeople pass urates,its liquid,but for some reason,snakes pass solid urates.

Am I right?

yepp....think of when you go pee. thats all it is, only hard and coming from a snake

but my snake pees too! is that not normal?? what's the difference between her pee and urates?

the urates are a concentrated form of uric acid excreted from the body. liquid remnants are passed along with them. perfectly normal for a reptile.

-adam

Such lovely talk here.

I think of it kinda like bird poop. There's the brownish solid part and the white gooey part. I guess birds and reptiles aren't so far off after all.

that's cool, i always thought the white stuff was just more poop, but like from a different part of the mouse or something.

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that's cool, i always thought the white stuff was just more poop, but like from a different part of the mouse or something.

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When i first got my snake i though it was the bones of the rodent,esp when you would try to take it out and sometimes it would crunch to form a powder.

Sheesh.....i also used to think that snakes spit up the bones of the prey too.......thats becuase i went to this HORRIBLE pet store where the mice had been in there so long they had been starved and died in the cage, and all that was left of them was this little heap of bones and fur.

Never went back there, im pretty sure it got shut down a couple months ago.

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Originally Posted by Brandon.O

Sheesh.....i also used to think that snakes spit up the bones of the prey too.......thats becuase i went to this HORRIBLE pet store where the mice had been in there so long they had been starved and died in the cage, and all that was left of them was this little heap of bones and fur.

Never went back there, im pretty sure it got shut down a couple months ago.

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That's repulsive. How could someone have so little pride as to allow that to be visible in a retail store? To say nothing of their care for animals..

maybe it was regurged?

I was wondering why when my snake crapped the last two time what there was this white nasty looking stuff...he been acting normal so figured it was normal..this is good news that I came across this thread

Think solid urine.
Its just concentrated uric acid as opposed to diluted liquid urine.
As animals that evolved not drinking a lot of water, having solid urine is an adaptation to conserve water.

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I can only imagine that since a ball python consumes small mammals whole, which includes a large portion of fur, skin, bones, and other things that would never end up in our own digestive systems, it isn't surprising that they have such unusual excrement.

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Originally Posted by HVN_4AG

I can only imagine that since a ball python consumes small mammals whole, which includes a large portion of fur, skin, bones, and other things that would never end up in our own digestive systems, it isn't surprising that they have such unusual excrement.

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I am sure the OP will appreciate the answer 12 years later ;)

As mentioned the so called white "poop" is in fact urate (a urine by product), poop well just looks like poop.

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Originally Posted by HVN_4AG

I can only imagine that since a ball python consumes small mammals whole, which includes a large portion of fur, skin, bones, and other things that would never end up in our own digestive systems, it isn't surprising that they have such unusual excrement.

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It is not an unusual excrement. Most snakes and lizards pass urates and feces.....actually I can not think of one that doesn't.....quite common.


Sorry....just had to get in on a thread resurrection.

Unusual compared to that of a mammal...


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I know this is old but I just noticed my snake's poo was completely well,... poop colored (dark brown). He usually has white bits but this time none at all. Should I be alarmed? It may sound silly but if he always pooped some white in the past and he's 12 years old, and it's all of a sudden only dark I thought it was odd.

I'm sure he will be doing Number 1 again before you know it. I wouldn't worry.

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Originally Posted by Paty

I know this is old but I just noticed my snake's poo was completely well,... poop colored (dark brown). He usually has white bits but this time none at all. Should I be alarmed? It may sound silly but if he always pooped some white in the past and he's 12 years old, and it's all of a sudden only dark I thought it was odd.

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Rather than bumping a 13 years old thread I encourage you to create your own, new threads get more attention and faster response, thank you


Poop looks like and smell like poop, you obviously just missed it if you had that snakes for 12 years and never saw it. White is urate which is a bi-product of urine.

Hi,
Followup question.

Do they always poop 2x?
My Juvie 4-5 days after eating poops the uric and after
And after a few days poops the brown sausages

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Originally Posted by xeth

Hi,
Followup question.

Do they always poop 2x?
My Juvie 4-5 days after eating poops the uric and after
And after a few days poops the brown sausages

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Same as previously, it's a 16 years old thread the best thing is to create your own.