fluid?

Just a quick question. I've noticed in my blood python towards the rear end of him. That if he moves his tail or I move it while holding him

I can hear and feel what sounds like water shifting around in there. He just peed the other day too. I've noticed it a few times. And was always curious what it is. And if its normal.

2200+ grams. Eats weekly. Pees. No urates or poop for coming up on 4 months.

I can also feel what feels like a urate inside him by his clocoa (sp). Any input is appreciated!!!

someone on here was talking about their blood taking a monster dookie after not pooping for awhile cause of a urate drying up and blocking the cloaca. Prolly a little contipated. The water sound is prolly water/pee in his belly or bladder. Like you know when you drink a lot of fluids you can hear it sloshing in ur belly.

Hmm. Strangeness. I know bloods can drink a lot of water. Maybe you picked him up right after he drank and you heard it sloshing around? Maybe Kara will drop by ;)

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...highlight=poop

heres another one
http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...highlight=poop

Yeah I've seen those threads. Seems like the snakes were put to the point of trying to defend themselves. I'd rather not do that.

Where's kara? Maybe she has some insight.

I guess it wouldn't bother me as much if it hadn't been 4 months since his last b/m.

the second link the blood didnt poop for 7 months

Yeah I saw that. Its amazing. how long they can hold it in.

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I can hear and feel what sounds like water shifting around in there. He just peed the other day too. I've noticed it a few times. And was always curious what it is. And if its normal.

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That Vet visit I told you guys about...there was the poo, urates, and liquid. My guy was spraying.

It was a hell of a sight, but yeah expect plenty of fluid. When yours finally goes it will be flowing.

I've noticed that when my babes start to soak everyday, they are going to poop soon. I know that onyx was soaking everyday for hours and one day he let one out nearly as big as him. Jade was soaking pretty on and off agian until just a few weeks ago she was in nearly everyday, then she too let out a nice size turd only 2 1/2 months since her last poo. Since then, I haven't caught her soaking yet.

Is this a connection? Maybe give him something to soak in and see if he takes advantage of it.

Oh his water bowl is plenty big enough for him to soak in. I've let him soak a few times a rubbermaid tub. Maybe to help him on him way.

Nothing yet. I guess he'll go when he needs to. Ill keep an eye on him and see if he starts soaking. Perhaps there is a connection??

My water is warm for Jade, at a constant 80 degrees. The bowl is steel, so it's pretty condusive and holds the temps pretty well.

Sounds fairly typical, especially when a blood hasn't passed anything for a while. Ensure that your temps are spot on & that your snake has fresh water available at all times...I think there may be a connection between overfeeding, dehydration & sub-part temps (esp. too hot) that all play into the rock-hard urate balls that these snakes sometimes build up.

Bloods & short-tails drink a lot of water, and offering fresh water on a more frequent basis (3-4x/wk) seems to be a good practice IMO.

Hey kara!

Well lets see. He eats roughly 120 grams of food a week. He weighs 2200 something grams empty. Humidity is 60 to 65 all the time. Cold side temps are 79 to 80 steady. Hot side 88 to 89 steady. Fresh water every day to every other day.

ambient temps are 79 to 80.

Anything sound out of whack?

Sounds like you've got everything dialed in just right. How long is the snake & how big is the enclosure, out of curiosity?

He's in a ve175. He's probably 40 inches. Probably even more. That's a lowball. If he lays out flat he can touch end to end of the bottom of the ve175. So maybe more than 40 inches.

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Sounds like you've got everything dialed in just right. How long is the snake & how big is the enclosure, out of curiosity?

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Have you tried the "cage teardown" trick? Thoroughly clean the entire enclosure from top to bottom, then paper the bottom, carefully folding the paper into the corners of the cage & also interleave it together so it forms a nice thick mat on the bottom?

The amount of time you put into this is directly related to how quickly the snake will leave a giant turd in the sparkly clean cage afterwards. ;)

Hahahahahaha I did it a week or two ago. He didn't care. Haha. Maybe ill try it again. Make sure I do it up all fancy like. And let him soak in another tub while I do it.

Maybe he'll have something to say about all of it and take a doo doo in the corner. Hahahaha.

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Originally Posted by KLG

Have you tried the "cage teardown" trick? Thoroughly clean the entire enclosure from top to bottom, then paper the bottom, carefully folding the paper into the corners of the cage & also interleave it together so it forms a nice thick mat on the bottom?

The amount of time you put into this is directly related to how quickly the snake will leave a giant turd in the sparkly clean cage afterwards. ;)

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