what the hell is this????

[Jerhart]

A warning in the title would have been nice that a big picture of crap was going to pop up...

[Patricia]

Lots of new keepers think that urates are poop, because it's solid, then get confused when poop that actually looks like poop arrives!

I was in that boat. Wondered what the "popcorn" was and if I'd recognize actual poop. Lo 'n' behold, it was unmissable when it eventually came, LOL!

[mechnut450]

lol that nothing wait until you see yourfirst snake laying eggs now that will blow your mind. I hoping to have mine blown away again soon since i am pretty sure my female is gravid lol..

[nickdolin]

Add me to the list of people who were surprised when I actually saw how big the poop was. Sometimes they can go on poop strikes and poop only when they shed... needless to say this makes for one big BM.

[MJVbps]

I used to be surprised too, especially after a poop strike. But after thinking about it, they are the most perfectly shaped creature for a high body mass to poop size ratio.

[stratus_020202]

Lol!!! Yep, I compare mine to my cat friends. "Well, my pet poops bigger than yours do!" It only gets bigger from there. At least he didn't crawl through it and make a little mud hut with his hide. Ugh. I have back-up tubs for this.

[cinderbird]

a lot of reptiles that live in dry climates where they get little water will produce solid urine in the form of urates. This helps the animal to concerve liquid water as opposed to dispelling it as waste. If the animal has a lot of water available, you will find more actual liquid urine along with the urates.

Hope that helps

[Mindibun]

*facepalm* -lol-

The poop looks pretty healthy overall, but I noticed that on the chunk (lovely, right?) allllll the way to the right, on the end of it, there is a light(er) brown string-looking thing. When Raven had these a while back they were parasites. It cost me $500 to get him well again because they were untreated for so long before I got him.

Double-check his poop from time to time and just make sure he doesn't have any sort of worm or other parasite. It might be absolutely nothing, but it might be something. Don't freak out because I said it, just take a second look.

[ramz7887]

I was gonna say...is this a trick question? As stated above...the white stuff is urates and brown is poop. It is suprising how large their poop is though!

I thought it was a piece of popcorn and quarter for scale

[Derek5stone2006]

it ate a quarter??