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Snake hasn't pooped
Have had him for just over a month... ate 4 fuzzy rats. He's about 1.5 years old the breeder told me.
Hasn't pooped...is this normal since he is young i've read they absorb most of the food?
I have placed him in warm water but it didn't make him go
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Re: Snake hasn't pooped
has he shed? my guy would usually wait until he shed to release an unholy mess in his viv. i wouldn't worry about warm baths to help movement; he'll go when he needs to.
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Yes he had a long rough first shed. I had to stick him in water and handle him a lot to help remove his shed. I wouldn't pull it off, but i would kind of squish him and let him slither out of it.
He has a nice wood log to climb and rub on but that didn't help.
Okay I will let him go on his own time, thank you !
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Re: Snake hasn't pooped
 Originally Posted by MrWiggles
Yes he had a long rough first shed. I had to stick him in water and handle him a lot to help remove his shed. I wouldn't pull it off, but i would kind of squish him and let him slither out of it.
He has a nice wood log to climb and rub on but that didn't help.
Okay I will let him go on his own time, thank you !
when you notice sheds bump up the humidity to about 70%; you can use sphagnum moss to dampen and place in one of his hides. that should help him have a better shed next time 😀
4.4 ball python
1.0 Albino ✮ 0.1 Coral Glow ✮ 0.1 Super Cinnamon paradox ✮ 1.0 Piebald ✮ 0.1 Pastel Enchi Leopard het Piebald ✮ 1.0 Coral Glow het Piebald ✮
1.0 corn snake
1.0 Hypo ✮
1.0 crested gecko
0.1 ???? ✮
0.1 cat
0.1 Maine Coon mix ✮
0.1 human ✌︎
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Fuzzy rats and a year and a half? What is his weight?
Under feeding will not create anything to come out the back end.
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Re: Snake hasn't pooped
 Originally Posted by PitOnTheProwl
Fuzzy rats and a year and a half? What is his weight?
Under feeding will not create anything to come out the back end.
i misread the age in the OP. fuzzies are way too small for the average 1.5 year old.
4.4 ball python
1.0 Albino ✮ 0.1 Coral Glow ✮ 0.1 Super Cinnamon paradox ✮ 1.0 Piebald ✮ 0.1 Pastel Enchi Leopard het Piebald ✮ 1.0 Coral Glow het Piebald ✮
1.0 corn snake
1.0 Hypo ✮
1.0 crested gecko
0.1 ???? ✮
0.1 cat
0.1 Maine Coon mix ✮
0.1 human ✌︎
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To give you an idea I have hatchlings out of the eggs taking fuzzy rats 
If the animal is 1.5 years and eating fuzzy rats I can only assume that
A/ It is severely underweight and has been close to starved
B/ YOU are severely underfeeding it if the animal is within healthy weight range
C/ The age is wrong
To come back to the question is comes down to feeding, age and how much of the prey is used for growth. It can be once a week like it can be every 4 to 8 weeks or more.
Right now the important is to assess whether this animal is fed properly based on size.
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