BP poop

What is the deal with BP feces? I have heard people around the forum say it is good to know when they poop or pee but why?

Also, my snake won't number two for ages then suddenly he releases his poo to the world and spreads it all over the tank. One time he was covered in it... :weirdface

Especially after he sheds. But not always.

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Originally Posted by Joe Cope

What is the deal with BP feces? I have heard people around the forum say it is good to know when they poop or pee but why?

Also, my snake won't number two for ages then suddenly he releases his poo to the world and spreads it all over the tank. One time he was covered in it... :weirdface

Especially after he sheds. But not always.

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Ball pythons tend to defecate after a shed, that is not unusual. Many can go weeks without letting one loose, and that is not a bad thing. If he messes himself, just give him a bit of a bath with a couple drops of Listerine to clean him up.

I would assume it's good to know when they defecate so you can clean it up as soon as viably possible. :gj:

I keep track of my snakes poo so I know when to expect the brown package. And if they are't generally consistant then I can start the warm baths or a vet trip to check for problems...



Rob

i keep track of everything
-feeding or refusals
-urates/urination
-defecation
-any unusual behavior (i have a little spot on my charts i can write in stuff)
-weight

etc

i just do it because they do everything so infrequently you can forget when the last time you fed was or something. i have everything infront of me with my charts so i can see, at a glance who isn't eating, who was just moved out of quarantine, who peed recently, etc. unlike my cats who need stuff done every day.

it also makes it easy if i have someone come over to watch/check on my snakes when im gone so i know what happened while i was away.

When my baby ball poops its real small. After eating a fuzzy mice I would think it would be a decent size but it looks like poop. And BTW, its okay to put a few drops of listerine on your snake?

My bp hasn't pooped in a while since she went on a hunger strike. But I noticed today she's gone into the blue, so I'm expecting a massive one soon enough.

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Originally Posted by Gkwon

When my baby ball poops its real small. After eating a fuzzy mice I would think it would be a decent size but it looks like poop. And BTW, its okay to put a few drops of listerine on your snake?

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Original brown Listerine is safe for reptiles.
They talk a lot about it in this thread.
http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...threadid=94498

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Originally Posted by burmmamma

The regular brown colored Listerine is the one you want-you can just dilute it with water.



Here are some other reptile related uses for Listerine-
We use it to clean cages and it works great and smells good.
We use it for cleaning the snakes skin when they lay in urine or blood or just to get the smell of food off of them.
We have used it for cleaning rubs or scrapes from escapes/attempts.
We have used it on the thin film on the mouth around lips that goes along with an RI,
when an RI is present we use to clean mucus out of mouth and to keep bacteria from growing in the mouth.
Cleaning a cage after female has laid and to clean the female with to rid them both of the smell of the eggs.
Our big girl took a rabbit and after she had finished she was fixing her jaw and opened real wide we noticed a cut I guess from a rabbit claw; for 5 days I cleaned the cut twice a day on the 7th day she was ready to eat again.
Also it is right up there with alcohol and warm water to make the snake release if it is latched to you and then you can cleanse your wounds afterwards.

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:gj:

I keep track of everything and this is the chart i go by when doing so.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y14...apturecopy.jpg

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Originally Posted by flameethrower

I keep track of everything and this is the chart i go by when doing so.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y14...apturecopy.jpg

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I just have ghetto index cards :( whatever works. :P

www.degei.com best thing ever for tracking your animals.

I also have a question...

I just got a baby one, and im not sure if its poop, but is there poop supposed to be a whitish green color (it kind of looks like bird poop)? what does that mean?

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Originally Posted by cinderbird

i keep track of everything
-feeding or refusals
-urates/urination
-defecation
-any unusual behavior (i have a little spot on my charts i can write in stuff)
-weight
i just do it because they do everything so infrequently you can forget when the last time you fed was or something.

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Same here. Mine isn't printed out, just a continually running chart in WordPerfect.

We've had ours for 1½ months and it's pooped only once, during a shed. Sure was big, though!

I've grown accustom to guessing when my bp's are going to poop; It's like a sixth sense i've acquired, except instead of seeing dead people im seeing turds!!!:rolleye2:

Something about a nice, freshly cleaned tank is a sure way to get mine to poo and pee all over... :rage:

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Originally Posted by tbarboga

I also have a question...

I just got a baby one, and im not sure if its poop, but is there poop supposed to be a whitish green color (it kind of looks like bird poop)? what does that mean?

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What you are describing is most likely, urate, a solid urine.

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Originally Posted by snakecharmer3638

What you are describing is most likely, urate, a solid urine.

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its solid, is that bad?

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Originally Posted by Vypyrz

Something about a nice, freshly cleaned tank is a sure way to get mine to poo and pee all over... :rage:

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Ain't that the truth. I have to clean something (either poo, urates, or urine) anywhere from 2 to 3 times each week. Two weeks ago I cleaned the tub 3 times in 2 days...:rolleyes:

One of mine just shed, and im hoping it will pee/poo really soon because i want to clean its tank but i dont want it to poop and pee all over freshly sterilized stuff :taz:

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Originally Posted by tbarboga

its solid, is that bad?

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It's normal for their urine to be part solid and part liquid.

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Originally Posted by Vypyrz

Something about a nice, freshly cleaned tank is a sure way to get mine to poo and pee all over... :rage:

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Well, at least he is consistent. I cleaned his tank last night, and sure enough, this morning there was a present in the warm hide. The brownies are baking... :lmao:



P.S. Why are there smileys for pee, fart, and puke, nose picking, etc, but no poo smiley?
:puke2::runnynose:lick::licking::fart::puke::pee::picknose: