poo

I know I've seen lots of other newbies ask this same question, but how long can my BP go without pooping before I should start to worry?

I have a girl that's right at a year, I got her in April, and the first two weeks she ate f/t for me, but then she stopped eating for several weeks until I gave her live (7 weeks ago), and since then she's been eating every week. So I think it's been 4-6 weeks since her last bowel movement, although she does pass urates regularly.
I know I should keep better records!

Any idea of her weight? What exactly are you feeding her (prey type and size of prey)?

worms come to mind, fecale sample to the vet would be #1 on my agenda.

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

Any idea of her weight? What exactly are you feeding her (prey type and size of prey)?

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yes good question ( I didn't get any sleep last night hehe)

She's about 480g and I've been feeding her 2 live adult mice every week, but unfortunately I keep forgetting to mass them before I feed her. My guess is that they are close to 10% her weight but I don't have the numbers...:(

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Originally Posted by blueguy

worms come to mind, fecale sample to the vet would be #1 on my agenda.

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well she's gaining weight pretty well since I started feeding her live. She looked a little thin before, but now she seems to be pretty healthily sized
Plus if I could obtain a fecal sample I wouldn't have asked this question...:confused:

It's quite normal to go a while. The main concern is the hot spot temps. If your temps are low it will take longer to digest. I keep mine at 94 degrees and I still get a few that don't poop for a few weeks.

If I understand correctly, she has had at least one poo since she started eating again? But after that, even thought she is eating regularly, she isn't pooping?

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Originally Posted by kc261

If I understand correctly, she has had at least one poo since she started eating again? But after that, even thought she is eating regularly, she isn't pooping?

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yeah sorry, I tried putting numbers in there but also figured I was making it a little convoluted

Shortly after she started eating again she pooped, but that was probably 6 weeks ago

The vet can do a cloacal wash and get enough to do a float. I would take her in and tell them to do that. If she hasn't pooped in that long surely the vet could get something from doing a cloacal wash.. Then you would know for sure.

Alan

The vet might be a good idea.
Another 'trick' in the meantime: Put some tepid water in a tupperware tub (or a spare snake tub) and let the snake do a little swim. This worked for one of my snakes in stimulating a bowel movement ;) Heck, it worked for my baby granddaughter on the fourth of July too!! :D

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Originally Posted by starmom

The vet might be a good idea.
Another 'trick' in the meantime: Put some tepid water in a tupperware tub (or a spare snake tub) and let the snake do a little swim. This worked for one of my snakes in stimulating a bowel movement ;) Heck, it worked for my baby granddaughter on the fourth of July too!! :D

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I wonder (I don't know, this is purely speculation) if the "swim" part is as important as the soak. Exercise can frequently help get things moving. Might be part of why some snakes seem to always like to poo when being handled.

when my girl wont go i give her a nice warm bath and she passes everything. i stick her in my feeding tub with baby bottle warm water for about 15 minutes and let her swim around. she drops everything. its gross but it works.



also can someone explain this 'float'?

good news:
we have poo!
thanks everyone for your helpful suggestions:D