Snakes not pooping?

[ontariosnakelover]

Both my one boa and one ball python feed on a weekly schedule with a 90 ish hot spot in the enclosure with decent humidity but I never see them defecate unless its shedding time. Like it's been well over a month for my boa. However they both still urinate though sometimes chalky and sometimes gooey yellow. I've done research and such and everyone has different opinions. And yes I have given them warm baths for 20 to 30 mins. I know sometimes they use most of the animal or there could be things such as water content humidity impaction substrate and such. Would like some opinions

[richardhind1972]

Sometimes on a small boa it’s hard to find especially if you use orchid bark, but if your seeing urates things seem to be working downstairs for them


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[Craiga 01453]

What are the weights of each snake?
What size prey is each snake eating?

They could very well be using up the entire prey item to sustain themselves with nothing left to poop out

[ontariosnakelover]

My female boa is a year and a half and I feed her medium frozen thawed cuz she never eats large when offered. My ball python is just under a year old eating live small AFRs. My scale broke months ago so I can't give you a weight.

[Craiga 01453]

My female boa is a year and a half and I feed her medium frozen thawed cuz she never eats large when offered. My ball python is just under a year old eating live small AFRs. My scale broke months ago so I can't give you a weight.

I dont keep boas, so can't weigh in there.

As for the BP, there's so much variance from one BP to the next it's tough to say without a weight. Plus, I'm not sure what is considered a "small" so I really can't help there.
Is the BP male or female? Is the prey about as large around as the snake at its widest point?

[bcr229]

You need a scale so you know the feeder weights as different sellers have different standards. An 18 month old boa should be too young/small to be eating a typical 86-150 gram medium rat every week, never mind a large.

[Phillydubs]

My caye caulker boa rarely ever does the bomb dropping as well...

i woukdnt worry. When they need to go they will go.

[ontariosnakelover]

She may be closer around 2 years but shes easily been eating mediums for months now. As I said above I did have scales ur they're broken now and I'd rather not buy a thrift store scale that could be off but I do agree about weighing my meals n such as I did that before.

[ontariosnakelover]

You need a scale so you know the feeder weights as different sellers have different standards. An 18 month old boa should be too young/small to be eating a typical 86-150 gram medium rat every week, never mind a large.

My bad. She was born May 10th 2016 so shes beyond 2 years