Hasn't pooped!

[Toad37]

My juvenile BP ate on 2/22 and hasn't pooped yet. Since tomorrow is feeding day I'm not sure if I should try to feed or wait till he poops. Temps are 90-91 on hot side and 81-82 on ambient. He's on reptibark, could he have eaten a piece of that? He's been on it since I've gotten him and he's never had an issue with it. I'm goin to try to give him a warm bath tomorrow to coax the poop out I've heard that works. Should I be super worried? A vet call maybe? Thanks in advance.

[JRLongton]

That's only like 6 days. No need to worry. BPs and snakes in general, can take a while between poops. Weeks even.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

There is no schedule, those are VERY efficient creatures, it will depends on prey size feeding frequency, age of the animal etc and it can take several weeks before it happens.

A young animal for example will use of of the prey item for growth (hence why feeding the appropriate size prey is so important).

[Craiga 01453]

Definitely no need for a vet. They know how to poop and will poop when they need to. Unless you see a "sausage butt" forming there's nothing to worry about. Skip the bath and feed as usual.

How much does the snake weigh? What size prey are you feeding?

[Jellybeans]

LoL ! I have learned SO MUCH about snake bowel movements since I've had my BP !

[Toad37]

How much does the snake weigh? What size prey are you feeding?[/QUOTE]

He's 449 grams now without pooping. He eats a rat pup every 7 days from coldbloodedcafe. Their website says they're 20-30 grams each. I'm not home right now so I can't weigh one. He's always pooped about 4 days after feeding so this just kinda freaked me out a little bit. What is "sausage butt"?

[Sunnieskys]

Sausage butt looks like a balloon animal up until the vent and then a normal tail. So an over stuffed lower half of the snake until their vent and then skinny tail lol.

Some me get a sausage butt pic lol

[Craiga 01453]

How much does the snake weigh? What size prey are you feeding?

He's 449 grams now without pooping. He eats a rat pup every 7 days from coldbloodedcafe. Their website says they're 20-30 grams each. I'm not home right now so I can't weigh one. He's always pooped about 4 days after feeding so this just kinda freaked me out a little bit. What is "sausage butt"?[/QUOTE]

Ok, time to up your prey size. You want to shoot for 10-15% of the snakes body weight. So 10% would be 45 grams.
Your BP is likely using all of the prey item to sustain growth.
Also, a shed may be upcoming. They will often hold onto their poop before a shed.

Sausage butt looks like an overstuffed sausage, right before the vent. You'd know it if you saw it. Since your snake has pooped regularly up until this feeding, I can pretty much rule that out, sight unseen.

[Toad37]

Thank you everyone for all your help. I still have quite a few rat pups left so would it be okay to feed him 2 in one feeding instead of 1? I did notice his belly was starting to turn a little pink so I do think a shed is coming soon.

[Craiga 01453]

Thank you everyone for all your help. I still have quite a few rat pups left so would it be okay to feed him 2 in one feeding instead of 1? I did notice his belly was starting to turn a little pink so I do think a shed is coming soon.

Ah, ok...the pink belly + small prey explains why he hasn't pooped.
Yes, you can feed 2 per feeding til you run those out. I'd start with your smallest 2, then each time feed off the smallest 2. That way as he grows his prey intake gets larger as well