Has anyone heard a ball python Fart Lol!!!

Ok this was strange, I have 5 ball pythons in seperate tanks in my living room, one of my albino hets let out the craziest noise I had ever heard, has anyone else ever heard this. Ive never heard anything but a hiss from snakes, I know this was gas because he also shot poo across the tank, that was wild......... Sorry for gross subject but I had to ask......

omg! no! never seen or heard about them farting! lol! are you sure there wasn't a barking spider in the tank?

Well I have heard of ball pythons passing gas, though haven't heard any of my own do it. I can attest to the fact though that RTB's fart, and it's pretty darn loud coming out of a big ole female LOL.

hahahaha.
well i havent heard a ball python do it.

BUT .. one of my redtails... was in her water bowl, and let one rip.. hahahaa, and it bubbled and everything.. yes. it was amazing hahaha :)

Actually yes, Houdini has ripped a few good ones lol. Including one night my husband wakes me up out of a dead sleep, Kristy there is something wrong with your snake. I wake up here him farting away and say to Shaun no theres not he's just farting. A few long seconds of awkward silence, then Shaun says, Thats disgusting.

OMG! Yes!! Both Zeus and Freddie do the Brrrrrrrrrppppppppth!!! :rolleyes: :rolleyes: And they're usually the "juicy" ones b/c they do the urates too! :rolleye2:

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Originally Posted by sweety314

OMG! Yes!! Both Zeus and Freddie do the Brrrrrrrrrppppppppth!!! :rolleyes: :rolleyes: And they're usually the "juicy" ones b/c they do the urates too! :rolleye2:

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UHHHH "juicy" right? :omg: :fart: :fart: :rofl: :rofl:

I would have never guessed, considering the lack of butt cheeks. Maybe the rodent breeder is using bean-based based food pellets. LOL

:fart: :sick:

There might be something serious to consider here though. Unless the snake is consuming air then the gas is coming from bacterial action in the digestive system. It might be smart to take a poo sample to the vet to make sure there aren't any nasties living in your snake's bowels. I was picking up some feeders today and "Mr. F/T" was there giving me grief for feeding live. He works at a vet and says he sees snakes with intenstinal infections all the time. He rattled off a pretty impressive list of bacteria and parasites and said that live-feeders should get a checkup once per year.

Which reminds me, when I was in there I noticed this massive boa had just done his business. It made me shudder. :eek:

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Originally Posted by bearhart

I would have never guessed, considering the lack of butt cheeks. Maybe the rodent breeder is using bean-based based food pellets. LOL

:fart: :sick:

There might be something serious to consider here though. Unless the snake is consuming air then the gas is coming from bacterial action in the digestive system. It might be smart to take a poo sample to the vet to make sure there aren't any nasties living in your snake's bowels. I was picking up some feeders today and "Mr. F/T" was there giving me grief for feeding live. He works at a vet and says he sees snakes with intenstinal infections all the time. He rattled off a pretty impressive list of bacteria and parasites and said that live-feeders should get a checkup once per year.

Which reminds me, when I was in there I noticed this massive boa had just done his business. It made me shudder. :eek:

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Well i have never heard of that.It sounds like he just wanted to make you worry and think he is the know it all :rolleyes: .

Yea, that's almost exactly what the manager of the store says. I think he's guilty of exaggeration / paranoia. Even if they saw a few snakes a week that's probably still minor considering there's probably 50 ball pythons sold per day in a city this size. The population of pet snakes must be 10's of thousands. And, considering how the stores flip live mice on Fri and Sat nights, all from the same sources, there would be epidemics. But, not all of these things create an emergency situation so who knows. Its probably not a bad idea to get a vet to do a poo inspection every now and again if its not too costly.

Mr. F/T says he just gives all his snakes the treatment once per year. I guess he likes to run a clean ship!

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Originally Posted by bearhart

Yea, that's almost exactly what the manager of the store says. I think he's guilty of exaggeration / paranoia. Even if they saw a few snakes a week that's probably still minor considering there's probably 50 ball pythons sold per day in a city this size. The population of pet snakes must be 10's of thousands. And, considering how the stores flip live mice on Fri and Sat nights, all from the same sources, there would be epidemics. But, not all of these things create an emergency situation so who knows. Its probably not a bad idea to get a vet to do a poo inspection every now and again if its not too costly.

Mr. F/T says he just gives all his snakes the treatment once per year. I guess he likes to run a clean ship!

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Or he might be the type that spreads false info and inturn his own collection is poorly taking care of ;) .

I believe the guy is sincere and means well. I don't think he is incorrect but just sees an inordinate amount of these things because healthy snakes don't show up at the vet.

To me it sounds reasonable simply because bacteria and intestinal parasites can affect almost any creature with "guts". I just am unsure of the actual risk factor. You know if you worked in a hospital's cancer ward you'd probably be really big on telling people not to smoke.

I'm not trying to scare anybody just passing it along. It seems like it couldn't hurt to get your snake a checkup every now and then.

LOL! How bad does a snake fart smell? Can it be worse than a dog fart?

It's weird, your own snake's farts don't smell bad - only other people's.

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Originally Posted by Davis

he also shot poo across the tank

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well then he didn't fart...


He sharted!


ewwww.....

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Originally Posted by jeffnme

well then he didn't fart...


He sharted!


ewwww.....

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:8: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

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Originally Posted by bearhart

There might be something serious to consider here though. Unless the snake is consuming air then the gas is coming from bacterial action in the digestive system. It might be smart to take a poo sample to the vet to make sure there aren't any nasties living in your snake's bowels. I was picking up some feeders today and "Mr. F/T" was there giving me grief for feeding live. He works at a vet and says he sees snakes with intenstinal infections all the time. He rattled off a pretty impressive list of bacteria and parasites and said that live-feeders should get a checkup once per year.

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I believe I've heard one of the ball pythons do it once or twice. What I hear occasionally, is the loud messy noise from my black blood female. (Which always makes me shudder and wonder if she's just sprayed a cage wall or something). (she's about 4 feet long or so, and over 8 lbs). She's a F/t feeder and I've had her checked for parasites and she's clean.

That's good to hear! I guess my bean-fed mice theory must be true... :D

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Originally Posted by jeffnme

well then he didn't fart...


He sharted!


ewwww.....

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:8: :8: :8: OMG! The WRONG thread to be reading while I'm eating lunch here at work! I just sprayed my monitor!:oops: :O

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Originally Posted by sweety314

:8: :8: :8: OMG! The WRONG thread to be reading while I'm eating lunch here at work! I just sprayed my monitor!:oops: :O

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lol...sorry :oops:

at least you had a good laugh though!

:D

My ball python occasionally farts, sometimes it sounds like he's coughing. it scared me the first time he did it as he sorta curled up and them did his business with that dramatic noise.

only on BP.NET do you find a thread like this .. its amazing how messed up we all really are seriously a 3 page thread on a ball python farting ... we are sick and twisted people ... but i love it

omg the sound is soo gross! My husband was laughing so freaking hard!

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=53304

ok here you guys go i found this hope it answers your question ... watch the ball in the tub the very first part of the video
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i better get alot of thanks for this it took me an hour to find it ...lol

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Originally Posted by Davis

Ok this was strange, I have 5 ball pythons in seperate tanks in my living room, one of my albino hets let out the craziest noise I had ever heard, has anyone else ever heard this. Ive never heard anything but a hiss from snakes, I know this was gas because he also shot poo across the tank, that was wild......... Sorry for gross subject but I had to ask......

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Yes, I do all the time. I have racks full of BP's, and those sounds are pretty common for me.