Get ready for a weird one....help?

[Kevin95]

So, the strangest thing has been happening recently. About 2 days ago, little Vinny my ball python made the loudest possible noise i think a snake could make; like a rabid dog violently evacuating from both ends. It woke me up, and when I went to look at what in the holy-hell he was doing, he stopped, looked up at me at about a 30-40degree angle with his mouth open, and carried on like nothing happened. I got kinda worried, so I started watching him more closely. I keep his humidity at about 60%, keep moist paper towels over the top of the mesh gate thing at the top of the tank, cool side is 78degrees and warm side i kinda fluctuate between 80-90. i also noticed he made a traditional poo-glob on the side of the tank, but didn't think anything of it. BUT JUST 5 MINUTES AGO, I watched the entire process...and let me tell you, i didn't know whether to laugh or be worried, but i'm pretty sure i died laughing. He had his lower portion in his water dish, and his other half hanging out. He made that horrendous sound again and snake-feces torpedoed out of his little ass it made water splash. Should i be worried? I do feel bad about laughing. I read other people's instances of this happening, but they say it isn't really anything life-threatening (some people have had snakes that are loud enough to be heard through their store/house). He doesn't make any gurgling sounds, no mucus, no air bubbles/snot bubbles from the nose. i feed him regularly, used to be two small fuzzies but now I just give him 1 small baby mouse. He normally stays inside of his hides unless I take him out to feed or clean his tank. Comments?

[Kevin95]

Also I should note, these 2 times the snake has pooped is the first time he has pooped since I got him (a month ago). Possibly was constipated?

[Kevin95]

Mouth was also open, but no gurgling was heard, no mucus, and i dont think he was trying to regurgitate something

[Sauzo]

Neither one of my snakes make any noise when pooping but my beardie sometimes farts when she poops. I would be less concerned about sound and more making sure the poop is solid and well formed with nice white urates. If there is blood or the poop looks like a pile of melted chocolate or an oversized Hershey kiss or smells ungodly bad, then I would probably start to worry and watch closely and if it didn't get more solid in the next couple poops, I would contact the vet. Not uncommon for them to poop once every 3 weeks or so. If its a baby, about the only thing it wont digest is the small amount of hair depending what size you feed so there really isn't much to poop out till after a few meals and it builds up. My little bp has pooped 2 times in about 3 weeks but she also eats every 3 days 25ish gram rat fuzzy/weanlings. My red tail boa poops probably around once a month and she eats a medium rat every week. But when that poop time comes, you cant miss it, its almost the size of a hotdog, just brown Sometimes they will yawn before they go into shed, like loosening the skin or they just yawn. My red tail boa yawns sometimes. Havent seen the little BP yawn yet except to reset her jaws after eating but ive only had her about 3 weeks. But sitting with the mouth open for extended time? Never seen that except in RI. I would just keep an eye out for any of the signs but I probably wouldn't worry too much.

[Kevin95]

the first poop was like a normal person would poop, and yeah it had urates. This one went straight into the water dish, but i CAN SEE urates at the bottom. There is a decent amount of fur/hair though. Not as much poop, but it's stuck to the side so...

[Sauzo]

Probably fine then. Maybe your little guy is just an enthusiastic pooper

[ballpythonluvr]

Nothing to worry about me, trust me. I had a huge female normal scare the piss out of me one night when this occurred. She made the same sounds as your little guy and had an explosive poop everywhere. I was up at midnight scrubbing this girl's tub because it was really bad.

[Sirensong26]

Nothing to worry about me, trust me. I had a huge female normal scare the piss out of me one night when this occurred. She made the same sounds as your little guy and had an explosive poop everywhere. I was up at midnight scrubbing this girl's tub because it was really bad.

that happened to me a couple nights ago! I heard the fart and I thought "Well, I know that didn't come from me..."

[PitOnTheProwl]

He is working on becoming an artist............ He will soon start spray painting the walls with his butt.

[Reinz]

These snakes have a total different digestive system than ours. They are not taking in water at the same rate and respective quantities as us which acts as lube. Thus, they have to work harder to evacuate.

This may help explain why some snakes such as mine primarily defecate during shed. This is when snakes are working their body muscles harder than usual which also aids in defacating.