Constipation - running out of ideas...

[anatess]

I am curious you say that this BP has not pooped and was fed 6 times, now based on that information I am not seeing anything abnormal.

Did the animal appeared to have a blockage in other words having a bulge near the vent area?

If the animal is constipated and has a bulge near the vent area, I can see being worried and taking measures otherwise I do not.

Those measures can be anything from warm bath followed by a gentle massage of the area, which can be repeated as needed.

You can also consider an enema which I am surprised the vet did not recommend.

If constipated and again I do not know since I have not seen the animal, it could be due to a large urate and the above method will likely work.

I took her to the vet because she has a bulge in her lower body all the way to her vent area that felt "firm" and she hasn't passed urates nor poop in almost 2 months. She's the bp that we had to force feed, she now eats on her own but she sometimes skips meals. We upped her prey size and she's been on that prey size for the last 6 feedings. The vet confirmed she is constipated and gave her the antibiotics with a follow-up appointment after 2 weeks. The vet also applied enema and was able to express the mass of urates that was close to her vent. The vet expects that the "rest of them" should pass within the next day or so. It hasn't yet.

Also, I was concerned because the last shed, she shed in tiny pieces with some stuck in her eyes. Her husbandry hasn't changed and is the recommended bp.net setting. So I feel something is definitely not right with her for shedding in pieces with the humidity being within correct range. The vet took care of the stuck shed and it's not a problem anymore.

Something is definitely not right with her. I'm just taking it one step at a time as symptoms surface.

I'll try the mineral oil in her bath and see if that helps.