Quote Originally Posted by Amy_Anthrax2010 View Post
Hey there =]
I am brand-new to this site and was a little confused as to where to post this thread (I hope this is the right section!), so hopefully someone out here can help me out!

I adopted a baby female Ball Python from work around the end of October of this year. She's never had any problems with shedding, eating, "peeing" or pooping.. Until recently. Now she still eats like a pig and is very active, but I haven't noticed poop in her cage in what seems like a month now. Is this normal? I have inspected her body for any signs of illness but she looks A-OK to me.

Here is some basic info on her:
*She's about a foot and a half long
*She's had one shed (a good one at that) since I've owned her
*She eats once a week
*She eats, and always has eaten, frozen mice ("fuzzies" to be exact)
*She hides a lot during the day but is always zooming around at night
*She lives in a 30 Gal terrarium with a nice rock house, plants, and giant soaking dish
*Humidity is always around 45-50% (unless it's shedding time)

She's also my first snake I've ever owned!

If anyone can shed some light on this situation, I'd gladly appreciate it =)

~Amy
Your snakes weight would be helpful to know. Length is not a great indicator. For one most people have a really hard time getting an accurate measurement. Another problem is that without weight its hard to tell if the snake is at a healthy weight. From where I am sitting that snake looks underweight. I would be feeding 1 adult mouse every 5 days at least. Ass for the pooping issue. Your snake will poop when it needs to poop. Unless you see a bulge near the vent I wouldn't worry about it.