Pooping question

Hi there! I am a new owner to a pretty 1 year old ball python named Violet. We bought her at a reptile show about 4 weeks ago. My question is, should I feed her another rat even though she has not pooped since her last feeding 11 days ago? She did poop the day we got her but has not since. She has only had one rat since we got her. She would not eat for the first 2 weeks. I have heard that we should wait to feed her until after she has gone to the bathroom. Her temp and humidity are good and she has a fresh water bowl. We have never had a pet snake so this is new to us. Please help! Thanks so much for your advice.

Yes, feed her. BPs poop at different times and sometimes they are close together or very spaced apart. Once she has a few more meals in her you should get a nice juicy one;)

Everyone Poops! :D

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Originally Posted by Jerhart

Everyone Poops! :D

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I love that book.

Offering them food on a regular schedule is a great way to help provide your snake with what it likes...consistency. It has been my experience that Balls that are kept on a close schedule are better feeders and over all happier snakes. :gj:

If she is really young, she can be fed every 5 days. If she is a juvenile, you can move her to every 7 days. I would NEVER wait until my snakes pooped before I fed them. Lord, knows they go long enough in between as it is. LOL

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Originally Posted by Freakie_frog

I love that book....

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I love that book too!! So did my youngest and so has three of my grandkids :D
Everything living poops.... ;)
To the OP: Do you wait to eat until you've pooped? Does anything wait to eat until it has pooped? Course not! ;) Offer the prey on a regular schedule and your snake will do what it is supposed to do!!

Thanks you guys for the advice! We will feed her this evening!

mine hasnt craped in like two months.

That's a long time.... :O

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Originally Posted by DSGB

mine hasnt craped in like two months.

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LOL, my sumatran girl is going on 5 months!

I've got one that poops in amazing amounts, but then she eats in amazing amounts too.

I've heard that those sumatrans can go a while...

My blood wouldn't eat but three times a year if I waited for poop! She takes forever on everything pooping and shedding.:P:P:P

My Blood went 7 months without pooping but when he went he destroyed the vet's office.

True story! http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=55324

Mine normally go once or twice a month so I definitely do not wait till they have pooped. You should see how much one of mine poops. I had a friend over who is going to be watching our animals for a few days at the end of the month and I opened up Sadis's tub to show him how to just open the tub, and give them fresh water. The first thing my friend said was "What the heck is that?" He pointed to a fresh poop that Sadis had left. I told him. "That is what we refer to as a LOG." He burst out laughing.

I feed mine every 7-10 days depending on when I can get feeders. Once I'm producing a constant supply of my own its once every 7 days like clockwork.

I swear to God I just logged in to ask the same question as OP did. That is SOOOOO Crazy. I swear to god, what the hell are the coincidence of that!!!!!!???!?!?!!!?!