Feces question

I am new to this site but it seems to be one of the better ones from what I have seen so far.
My question is this: for a juevenile BP, approx how much will they defecate per movement? I know alot of this will depend on amount of prey consumed and frequency of feeding, but I am looking for a general description (size of feces, how often will they defecate, etc.)
Any input would be appreciated. :devil:

Size is normally smaller than whatever the prey item is. frequency (at least for mine) is proportionate to how often they eat, so mine go just about once per week. Hope that helps.


~mike

Hey Kojak!!! Glad you made it here!

As to your question - some of mine go weekly, some monthly - it's really independent of the snake. Do you keep records on your snake? That will help you track what's "normal" for your guy!

Be sure to post pictures for everyone on the pictures thread - especially the sweet one with your little girl!

as robin said , frequency is going to be different for each critter .


just as a guesstimate , i'd say that you should get about 40 to 50% return of what ever your snake eats .

Good to see you here Kojak. For our collection it seems to be very variable. The younger snakes (our 06's) do seem to poop more frequently than the big juvies or adults do though. Some snakes also seem to go more often, others save it up and present a huge prezzie for me. Usually you can see a significant bulge just up from the vent and you know a stinker's about to happen (good time to NOT handle your snake lol).

LOL, thanks to all. And a big howdy to Robin and Franky! I was trying to get a general consensus, because on my visit to the vet, he seemed a little concerned. But all is well I believe, since as I was cleaning out Ramses cage on Tue, I found a gift with plenty of urates as well hidden under his warm side hide!
I've gone to 2 medium sized mice once a week now, so hopefully this will get him more regular and put him at a nice healthy weight.
Thanks again to my two lady friends, and to everyone on here for all the input. :devilish:

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Originally Posted by Kojak

LOL, thanks to all. And a big howdy to Robin and Franky! I was trying to get a general consensus, because on my visit to the vet, he seemed a little concerned. But all is well I believe, since as I was cleaning out Ramses cage on Tue, I found a gift with plenty of urates as well hidden under his warm side hide!
I've gone to 2 medium sized mice once a week now, so hopefully this will get him more regular and put him at a nice healthy weight.
Thanks again to my two lady friends, and to everyone on here for all the input. :devilish:

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Why was the vet concerned? Majority of the babies and juvy ones i have had put out less poo as they are absorbing the majority of the prey item since they are growing.Majority of the time all i clean up is the white poo lol.Now if you feed them every other day(i do not do this) of course they will put out more poo.

Ways to make your snake poop:

1) Ship it to Cassandra. Ask her to sit with your snake in her lap. Snakes like to us Cass as a ladies/gents room.

2) Ask Adam Wysocki why your snake isn't pooping. He will respond "don't worry it will poop when it poops". The snake will then immediately poop. This is some sort of cosmic thing.

3) Weigh your snake. Excitedly write down the nice weight gain. Make a growth chart even. The snake will drop a huge load and mess up your stats.

4) Post at BPNet about how worried you are your snake won't poop. By the time you get even one response the snake will have of course dropped a big stinky one. It will be in it's warm side hide smirking at the dumb human.

5) Invite a non-snake loving friend or relative over. Spend ages explaining how wonderful snakes are. Hand the snake to the person. The snake will now defecate down your mother-in-laws shirt front. Plug your ears....she's about to SCREAM! Mop up the MIL, return snake to the enclosure. Watch snake return to the warm side hide for some more happy smirking snakey time.

Sure Fire Way to Make Sure Your Snake Does NOT Poop:

1) Book a vet appointment. Promise to bring in a fecal sample.

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

Ways to make your snake poop:

1) Ship it to Cassandra. Ask her to sit with your snake in her lap. Snakes like to us Cass as a ladies/gents room.

2) Ask Adam Wysocki why your snake isn't pooping. He will respond "don't worry it will poop when it poops". The snake will then immediately poop. This is some sort of cosmic thing.

3) Weigh your snake. Excitedly write down the nice weight gain. Make a growth chart even. The snake will drop a huge load and mess up your stats.

4) Post at BPNet about how worried you are your snake won't poop. By the time you get even one response the snake will have of course dropped a big stinky one. It will be in it's warm side hide smirking at the dumb human.

5) Invite a non-snake loving friend or relative over. Spend ages explaining how wonderful snakes are. Hand the snake to the person. The snake will now defecate down your mother-in-laws shirt front. Plug your ears....she's about to SCREAM! Mop up the MIL, return snake to the enclosure. Watch snake return to the warm side hide for some more happy smirking snakey time.

Sure Fire Way to Make Sure Your Snake Does NOT Poop:

1) Book a vet appointment. Promise to bring in a fecal sample.

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Excellent advice as always Jo! I hear Adam is "The Poop Master":P

-Jason

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Excellent advice as always Jo! I hear Adam is "The Poop Master":P

-Jason

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Not sure if it's "The Poop Master" or "Snake Poop Whisperer" or even the ever popular "Mystic Feces Warrior God" but all I know is the man knows his snake doo doo! :)

Haha...that's funny, I don't care who you are! The vet seemed a little concerned, I suppose, since Ramses hadn't gone for about 3 weeks+. I'm sure it was because he thought that I wasn't feeding him enough and didn't think that I knew much about snakes. He had asked me when he walked in if this was my first snake, and it is. I have owned iguanas, and other small lizards, but this is my first snake. But, he didn't know I have a great support network like Jo and Robin and all the other kind folks on here.
But as the Vet and I got to talking, he soon realized that, although this was my first snake, I was no dummy. He started talking about enclosing snakes together and was going to mention snake illnesses, and I said..."Like IBD?"...that floored him....LOL He asked me how I knew what IBD was, and told, I had done my home work!
Thanks again everyone...and I'll have to try that whole "hand the snake to my 'favorite' person" thing when it should be time for a "movement". HEHEHEHE

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Not sure if it's "The Poop Master" or "Snake Poop Whisperer" or even the ever popular "Mystic Feces Warrior God" but all I know is the man knows his snake doo doo! :)

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:rofl: I vote for Mystic Feces Warrior God :P

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Originally Posted by Schlyne

:rofl: I vote for Mystic Feces Warrior God :P

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Okay it's official then...hey Mods...somebody see if Adam would like a new custom title! hehehehehehehe

....and then the unworthy came to ask the Master of All Things Movement Related..."Oh Master - why has my snake not crapped???"...and the Master said, "what you didn't bring me any beer!!!!" and they trembled in fear and awe and one ran to drag the cooler up the mountainside (another sat on Jamie so he didn't drink all the beers again), and a third brave and trembling supplicant begged in a whisper "but it hasn't had a dump in a month oh Mystic One" to which the Wysocki replied in a deep and wonderous voice....

"IT WILL POOP WHEN IT POOPS!"

and there was much rejoicing.....

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All I can say is I am very impressed by a man who can make a snake poop with his mere thoughts and words! I have just the patient for him Greta my girl who takes but isn't giving back LOL!

A Snake poop cult. Who woulda thunk?

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Originally Posted by westcoastjungle

All I can say is I am very impressed by a man who can make a snake poop with his mere thoughts and words! I have just the patient for him Greta my girl who takes but isn't giving back LOL!

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Yep just post a thread about how worried you are she isn't pooping, wait until Adam answers...she'll go...it's either his Mystic power or snakes are just evil and are smirking at us behind our backs (probably what they do inside those hides for hours every day!) :)

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

Yep just post a thread about how worried you are she isn't pooping, wait until Adam answers...she'll go...it's either his Mystic power or snakes are just evil and are smirking at us behind our backs (probably what they do inside those hides for hours every day!) :)

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I knew they were up to something! You know what they say? Watch out for the quite one! He was a quite neighbor, kept to himself and just BAM! Sound like someone in your house?

Oh yeah! and Adam please anoint(how the hell do you spell that) my snake Greta with the almighty poop parable handed down over many clutches.