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    Snake pooped foreign object (undigested rodent?)

    I fed my ball python on March 1, and she took the next 1-2 weeks to shed (skipped 1 meal), and now it’s 12 days later. Her humidity stays around 55-65% and her cool side temp is high 70s while her warm side is high 80s. She’s 3 months old and eating fuzzy rats. She‘s maintained a hard lump near her vent for 5 days now, so I thought I’d give her a warm bath. Upon gently messaging the bump area, she eventually expelled something that I can’t quite distinguish. It is very hard and has a thin clear opaque layer over it. Should I be concerned, and any help would be appreciated.




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    Probably just a urate "stone"....be sure to keep her adequately hydrated (maybe raise her humidity, especially during shed cycle). Lucky it came out OK- that was a
    good move, giving her a warm bath, but do be careful when "massaging" out a stone (best prevented) so as not to have a prolapse.
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    Re: Snake pooped foreign object (undigested rodent?)

    We have 2 new to us ball Pythons. Our smallest pooped out one of these about a week after getting him. We are going on week 3 of ownership. 3 days ago we got a solid brown poop.


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    Re: Snake pooped foreign object (undigested rodent?)

    Quote Originally Posted by SnakedHuman View Post
    We have 2 new to us ball Pythons. Our smallest pooped out one of these about a week after getting him. We are going on week 3 of ownership. 3 days ago we got a solid brown poop.


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    Just normal urates with a little bonus (green stuff is bile, also normal). Congratulations...
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    Re: Snake pooped foreign object (undigested rodent?)

    Derek

    7 adult Royals (2.5), 1.0 COS Pastel, 1.0 Enchi, 1.1 Lesser platty Royal python, 1.1 Black pastel Royal python, 0.1 Blue eyed leucistic ( Super lesser), 0.1 Piebald Royal python, 1.0 Sinaloan milk snake 1.0 crested gecko and 1 bad case of ETS. no wife, no surprise.

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