need help please 3 times feeding,but no poops

[adi_ie18]

Wow, those two pictures look completely different! She looks MUCH bigger in the second set then in the first one. She's a purrty girl!

this is close up shoot hi hi hi

[j_h_smith]

I know it's warm where you live, but snakes need belly heat. This helps them digest their food too.

Good Luck!
Jim Smith

[adi_ie18]

finally she's poop after sheed yeah

[redstormlax12]

I know someone asked about hides, but i didnt see an answer. Where are they? Ball pythons love to be cramped (in a hide, not in a small enclosure). Give her two hides, and maybe a moist hide.

[Kysenia]

I have several that seem to only deficate after shed. When they do watch out lol.....

[j_h_smith]

I've got a friend that ONLY feeds his snakes AFTER they shed. I think he'll have to change his method when the snakes get older.

Jim Smith

[piper]

I've got a friend that ONLY feeds his snakes AFTER they shed. I think he'll have to change his method when the snakes get older.

Jim Smith

Are you serious? An unfed snake won't shed very often? How are they supposed to grow? And what do you mean older? Is this a baby?

[singingtothewheat]

They need humidity, so unless you have some form of humidity you're going to have one constipated snake. Your best bet is to get a luke warm bath started and let him soak for a good 30 minutes or until it defacates, whatever comes first. Get a hide and a very large water dish in that tank and get the humidity up.

My snakes have all worked up to a hour minimum soak each and every week.

[j_h_smith]

Are you serious? An unfed snake won't shed very often? How are they supposed to grow? And what do you mean older? Is this a baby?

He just recently got into snakes and I've tried to help him. He's the kind of guy that reads something and thinks he knows what it say and he does what he wants to do. Now I may be wrong, but I know his snakes (all younger than 6-8 months old) only shed about once every 40-60 days. I think he only only feeds his snakes once a shed period. I'm sure that's what he's told me. We had discussions about this and it's almost turned into an argument.


Jim Smith

[Kaorte]

He just recently got into snakes and I've tried to help him. He's the kind of guy that reads something and thinks he knows what it say and he does what he wants to do. Now I may be wrong, but I know his snakes (all younger than 6-8 months old) only shed about once every 40-60 days. I think he only only feeds his snakes once a shed period. I'm sure that's what he's told me. We had discussions about this and it's almost turned into an argument.


Jim Smith

Sad to say it but at that rate that snake is going to waste away and die...

Babies need to be fed every 5-7 days in order to grow at a decent rate.