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Help~~My baby Suriname boa's poop is like black smashed potato。。。
Hello guys! My baby boa just shed yesterday and it's perfectly in one piece. He also had good white cylinder shaped urine. This morning I found his poop like smashed potato in his water bowl...He had mites when he came home so I treated him with PAM and reptile relief based on the instructions. Now almost two months passed he shows no mites and eat and shed well. But his poop is always not very in shape. Last time his poop looks like 2/3 in shape and 1/3 is not in shape looks like he pass through it and break the shape. I fed him pinkie rat. He pooped once every week or every two week. Does this have something to do with the mites treat? Or because I mist too much during his shed? Or signs of inner parasite or something? Or because I fed him pinkie which does not have fur? Thank you so much!
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Re: Help~~My baby Suriname boa's poop is like black smashed potato。。。
Originally Posted by alice40604345
Or because I fed him pinkie which does not have fur?
this is the most likely reason.
Was your baby captive bred and born? If not, you may also want to get a fecal down to rule out internal parasites.
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Rodents not yet developing fur like pinkies and even fuzzies will do this. The high fat content and lack of developed bones and fur will result in your young snake pooping what may look like tar. Nothing to worry about and once you switch to more developed rodents it will get better.
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Re: Help~~My baby Suriname boa's poop is like black smashed potato。。。
Thank you so much! I got him at Hamburg, PA reptile expo and the seller claim he's captive bred, but I'm not sure. May I know what is "get a fecal down"? Sorry for my English...
Originally Posted by AbsoluteApril
this is the most likely reason.
Was your baby captive bred and born? If not, you may also want to get a fecal down to rule out internal parasites.
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Re: Help~~My baby Suriname boa's poop is like black smashed potato。。。
Thank you so much! Yeah it's like tar! Great description lol! So it's OK to keep feeding him pinkie rat right? Or should I change to small mouse with fur? I was worried if I change to mouse he may not want rat when he grows up.
Originally Posted by SDA
Rodents not yet developing fur like pinkies and even fuzzies will do this. The high fat content and lack of developed bones and fur will result in your young snake pooping what may look like tar. Nothing to worry about and once you switch to more developed rodents it will get better.
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Feed him until he takes larger. It's fine they simply do not get the same quality of nutrients so as soon as you can upsize safely, do so.
1.0 ♂ 2010 Spider BP 'Dante'
1.0 ♂ 2017 Bay of LA Rosy Boa 'Queso'
0.0.1 2017 Aru GTP 'Ganja'
1.0 ♂ Blue Tick Coonhound 'Blue'
1.0 ♂ 2018 Basset Hound 'Cooper'
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Re: Help~~My baby Suriname boa's poop is like black smashed potato。。。
Originally Posted by alice40604345
May I know what is "get a fecal down"?
A veterinarian uses a sample of the feces (usually you bring it into their office when fresh) and checks it for parasites.
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This is the reason, i feed all my little snakes on mice until they are big enough to switch to weaned rats. Anything under weaned rats is like a jellybean of fat and milk.
I would start off with switching him to hopper mice and after a few weeks, if the poop hasnt tightened up, then might have a vet do a fecal like April said.
I started my suriname off on hopper mice. She just graduated to weaned rats.
Some snakes handle the fat a little better than others but really, no snake should be having such a fatty diet.
And remember, BCC tend to puke if fed too big of meal. Stick with the mice and you should be good.
Last edited by Sauzo; 04-24-2018 at 06:22 PM.
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Re: Help~~My baby Suriname boa's poop is like black smashed potato。。。
Thank you so much!! I haven't seen any parasite post, not sure what should be a sign of parasite lol.
Originally Posted by AbsoluteApril
A veterinarian uses a sample of the feces (usually you bring it into their office when fresh) and checks it for parasites.
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Re: Help~~My baby Suriname boa's poop is like black smashed potato。。。
Ah thank you so much! LOL jellybean. I'll get some hopper mice! May I know that have you had any problem in changing their prey from mice to rats?
Originally Posted by Sauzo
This is the reason, i feed all my little snakes on mice until they are big enough to switch to weaned rats. Anything under weaned rats is like a jellybean of fat and milk.
I would start off with switching him to hopper mice and after a few weeks, if the poop hasnt tightened up, then might have a vet do a fecal like April said.
I started my suriname off on hopper mice. She just graduated to weaned rats.
Some snakes handle the fat a little better than others but really, no snake should be having such a fatty diet.
And remember, BCC tend to puke if fed too big of meal. Stick with the mice and you should be good.
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