bp has not pooped after last meal. Should I feed or wait

[snakemomma77]

Jackson ate a fairly decent sized rat on 3/13/12 and had a shed yesterday, no poop. he did have urates like on the 3/16. I usually feed afer a shed, but I have yet to see poop. Should I soak in warm water or go ahead and feed tonight. I have never had a constipated snake... IDK. please give me some advice. thanks

[Slim]

He's not constipated. They all poop on their own schedule. Offer him food on a regular schedule, and he will most likely start to poop on a regular schedule. But, they don't all go between meals. Some go several meals between poops.

Remember, poop is a waste by product. The less your snake is pooping, the more of that food item is being used to build more snake.

[snakemomma77]

thanks, I thought they went after every meal like we do. lol

[MasonC2K]

Some of mine only poop when they shed. And that can be 2 or 3 months.

[DooLittle]

Mine don't poop everytime. I would feed him, and not worry.

[RestlessRobie]

Some of mine only poop when they shed. And that can be 2 or 3 months.

X2 my big normal will only poop after she sheds so feed away

[Rob]

Yup, feed as scheduled

[satomi325]

Do you poop every time you eat? LOLOL

The chances are that you don't. The same applies to snakes.
They can take a few meals before dumping a load.

[Rob]

Do you poop every time you eat? LOLOL

The chances are that you don't. The same applies to snakes.
They can take a few meals before dumping a load.

Lol come on now, I understand someone questioning it. We don't poop after ever meal, but then again we also don't eat every seven says

[satomi325]

Lol come on now, I understand someone questioning it. We don't poop after ever meal, but then again we also don't eat every seven says

I know snakes have different bodies than humans.
They take everything slower than us. They eat less frequently and have a slower metabolism to digest meals. But isn't the process still relatively the same as us? We just do it daily compared to their weekly.
If we ate every 7 days, I still don't think we would poop after every meal??

Gosh. I would be soooo hungry if I had to wait to use the bathroom in order to eat. Lol.

(I could be totally wrong with this. Haha. )




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