Faeces.

So my long wait is over. Monty finally took a crap for the first time since the night I got him, 2 months ago.
Last time he passed two firm pellets but this time it was a much looser motion, although still formed. Should I read anything into this?

No.

-adam

yeah what's the deal on this? in all my reading, nothing has ever talked about this... i've been worried because i've had mine for a week without taking a crap. i guess that's not too un-normal?

(mine's a spotted python, but they aren't too unlike a ball)

Spotted pythons have a slightly higher metabolism and do go more often than ball pythons ... big difference actually. But all pythons being generally slow moving and vulnerable animals (because they have no limbs) have adapted over time to be able to go long periods without defecating. The smell of feces is a great lure for predators, so the evolutionary adaptation to go weeks or months without going is purely a survival skill.

The less often you go, the harder you are to find. ;)

-adam

great thanks... yeah i hear these guys feed like crazy. my friend calls them the midget retic.

Thanks Adam :)

The smell of bp faeces is also a great repellent for humans!

Yep just wait till you walk innocently into your laundry room where a big ole 5.5 foot boa lives and get hit with the "someone has dropped a massive load" vapour!


Holy mother of....I've cleaned a lotta kid's butts, a lotta dog doo doo and even some horse stalls and a goat or two in my time...but Becky's snake wins hands down LOL!


~~Joanna~~

Oh my dear lord, that was too funny, Jo! :lmao: ***wiping tears from my eyes*** hehehehe!

My girl still hasn't pooed yet. Is the smell noticeable, like when I walk into my room I'll know shes went.

when i walk into my room i can smell it sometimes, but when you poke your head into the cage you will deffinitely know!

I am expecting a "package" any day now ... as a new snake owner I am glad I read this thread, now I know what I am in for LOL ;)

... couldn't be any worse than when Marzipan leaves me a steemer in the litterbox first thing in the morning. With a wake-up call like that, who needs an alarm clock?

Okay, that was crude and I must apologize ... sorry folks :)

If you check daily (meaning morning & evening) you shouldn't be too slammed by the smell. The longer it's left to "ferment", the stronger the smell.

Kind of silly to mention but remember when you are checking to check their hides as well. Some of our snakes never defecate in their hides, others do it regularily in there so it's easier to miss on daily checks.


~~Jo~~

Mine ALWAYS poops in the hide. Always on the warm side too, so if he goes after I've gone to bed or gone out for a while or whatever, it gets to warm up for hours and smells just LOVELY. I'll know he went just walking past the room. Thankfully once the newspaper is swapped out and things are sanitized, there's no hint of the smell. Good thing too, sometimes the smell is just wrong.