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Still no BM...when should I be REALLY concerned??
I've posted before about the problems I'm having with my ~6 month old rescue spider. Nutsell: had her for a month, took her to vet a little over a week ago due to no fecal in that month, decided to take her based on advice from people here and the fact that she felt hard to me. Vet took an xray, gave her enemas, prescribed flagyl and lactulose for two weeks, and continued warm soaks. There were a bunch of things the vet said that rubbed me the wrong way and indicated a lack of knowledge about BPs, although she is certified as a reptile vet. So, I'm not inclined to take her back there and am on an extremely tight student budget.
With that being said, I've continued the meds as much as she'll tolerate with stress (she never showed signs of wobble until now ) and have been giving her warm baths and massages. She's produced a tiny bit of green-ish goo and urates, but no solid fecal. I've been noticing a little bit of what I hope is sausage butt, but today she feels like a balloon filled with liquid, she no longer feels hard. She's also ate this past weekend, so she now has a total of 4 mice in there which have never come out. Humidity has been kept high with a damp towel covering and frequent sprays (also a big water bowl). She's around 90g, she was 76g when I got her (hadn't eaten for 3 months, so she was completely empty), but because she's never pooped, I don't have a current empty weight. I'm trying to just give it time, but I'm wondering at what point I should be really concerned and what signs I should be on the lookout for in case things worsen? Or, do things sound normal and should I continue to just wait it out?
My other snakes are pooping and eating like machines (except my big female, but hoping she'll go back on feed as the weather warms up).
Thank you all for your continued advice. I'll try and get pictures up but I want to leave her alone as much as possible.
~Mary
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