Neither poop nor pee for the last 6 days now...

[theartofsolitude]

is this normal for BPs?

[JLC]

Perfectly normal. They can go several weeks between poos sometimes...and many days without peeing or passing urates.

[Ham]

6 days is nothing, like was already said they can go very long without defecating or urinating.

If it makes you feel any better my blood python hasnt crapped in 5 months, lol...

She feels like a tube sock packed with rocks!
( I think the hard spots are urates, lol )

PS: "JLC" yer avatar pic is supremely awesome...

[JLC]

PS: "JLC" yer avatar pic is supremely awesome...

Thanks!

[Vypyrz]

6 days is nothing, like was already said they can go very long without defecating or urinating.

If it makes you feel any better my blood python hasnt crapped in 5 months, lol...

She feels like a tube sock packed with rocks!
( I think the hard spots are urates, lol )

PS: "JLC" yer avatar pic is supremely awesome...

Make sure you get some pics of that Poozilla when it shows up...

[Ham]

Oh I will get a picture! I may even cast the poo into a solid block of clear resin so I can save it for posterity...

Even more shocking than my blood pythons yet to be born 5 month old super turd is the puff adder we have at the reptile shelter where I volunteer, this thing hasnt pooped in like 8 or 9 months, it is so bloated! The poor guy is a massively swollen lump at the best of times and now with his ultra dump blocking him up he is huge! His butthole is actually popping about a half inch out of his vent, it is terrible looking! We are putting him on a warm soaking regimen to try to help him out, but readily handling puff adders is not the safest thing to do, lol. I will keep you guys posted on the mega poop status!

[Kaorte]

Oh I will get a picture! I may even cast the poo into a solid block of clear resin so I can save it for posterity...

Even more shocking than my blood pythons yet to be born 5 month old super turd is the puff adder we have at the reptile shelter where I volunteer, this thing hasnt pooped in like 8 or 9 months, it is so bloated! The poor guy is a massively swollen lump at the best of times and now with his ultra dump blocking him up he is huge! His butthole is actually popping about a half inch out of his vent, it is terrible looking! We are putting him on a warm soaking regimen to try to help him out, but readily handling puff adders is not the safest thing to do, lol. I will keep you guys posted on the mega poop status!

Sounds like the puff adder is on its way out prolapses of any kind are never a good sign. Neither is not pooping for 8 months....

[Ham]

He definitely has a problem, but its not a full prolapse, its just like he is constantly starting to poop, the rectum is just starting to open, but he cant seem to finish the process, the tissue is not red or irritated at all, and you can just see the turd starting to peek out. It sounds terrible I know but he has done this once before and recovered with no problems. Our vet has us doing the warm soaks and hopefully it will help him out, puff adders as well as gaboons have a tendency to be constipated for long periods of time, it may have something to do with their extremely sedentary lifestyles, you almost never see them move unless you are putting them on the snake hooks.

I will let you know what happens with him, but I think he will be ok as long as he can poop soon, like I said the tissue looks healthy there is no red irritation or swelling, besides the actual swollen turd.

[theartofsolitude]

5 mos of no pooping?!!! O.O now i feel better with my 6 days! hahahaha

[mozbink]

I just got a new sub year ball python. I have had her two weeks this coming Sat.

I am not seeing any urates, urine, or poop in her tub. How long before you should start worrying.