Her "poo" is way different :/

[andrew123]

So this morning I woke up to find a WEIRD looking poo in Baby's cage.
She is about 9 months old, and her poo was right on time, but instead of the usual white and yellow "blob" I usually find, I found a white blob, with a little yellow attached, BUT an inch or so away i found two HUGE peices of dark poo.
It looked like my terrier's poo. It was ridiculous...I asked myself-how did THIS come out of her?!...I had never seen something like it before. It was solid throughout, with a greyish inside.
I am just worried because anything "new" worries me.
Any advice/help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Andrew

[Demon280z]

Everything is fine. You have been seeing the urates, not poo. Their poo does resemble a dog turd. They are usually a lot less frequent than the urates. If you weigh your snake frequently, you can be quite suprised how much a turd can weigh.

How long have you had her?

[littleindiangirl]

Haha! You saw her poo and didn't know it was normal...

Yes, they have poop just like other creatures. The white and yellow is urates, which is in a sense urine.

How often are you feeding her, and what size prey?

[Spaniard]

Hehe that is funny

Like they have said the white stuff were solid urates. BPs have the ability to reabsorb water before excreting it, turning it from the fun smelling liquid stuff to the fun solid stuff.

[JeffJ]

that sounds like a normal snake dookie to me

[andrew123]

I have had her since January of 09.
I understand the white and yellow stuff and the urates information.
But it was just alarming to see literally what looked like my dog's poo.
It was two long dark logs.
I couldn't believe it.
AND you promise this is normal?!

[andrew123]

OH,
and I am feeding her once every two weeks,
two live mice in a row-normal size white mice.
no longer "juveniles".

[Spaniard]

Oh its normal, and it gets bigger too! Sometimes it is alarming.

Edit: You'll want to feed one prey item that is as thick as the thickest part of your snake, or multiple smaller items, once a week.

[Demon280z]

Completely normal.. don't worry.

Just wait till she gets bigger. You haven't seen anything yet!!

[hoo-t]

OH,
and I am feeding her once every two weeks,
two live mice in a row-normal size white mice.
no longer "juveniles".

Just to echo what Spaniard said... you should be feeding once per week, not once every 2 weeks. Many people here suggest feeding small snakes that are actively growing on a 5 day schedule rather than a full week. Spaniard spoke of one of two methods to decide on prey size. Another way to judge proper size is to feed roughly 10% of the snake's weight. This is how I choose to do it. Finally, multiple prey items is ok as long as the total equals the proper size for the snake (if feeding live prey, please feed one item at a time).

Steve