Uhg... Why won't you poop??!?!?

[mackynz]

aaaand we have defecation! Looked like a small dog got in there.

[sissysnakes]

aaaand we have defecation! Looked like a small dog got in there.

Hahaha bet that was fun! Im pretty sure that when the borneo finally goes im going to be wondering if my roommate played a horrible practical joke on me lol

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[yellowbelly76]

I guess my main concern is that, he looks like he won't be able to eat much more. That sausage look is probably over 1/2 of his body, and the rat fuzzies look big enough that i fear he won't have room for more if he doesn't poop soon. He's about 4 months old or so (bought him at an expo early December), and I want to have him around for a while.

[Evenstar]

I guess my main concern is that, he looks like he won't be able to eat much more. That sausage look is probably over 1/2 of his body, and the rat fuzzies look big enough that i fear he won't have room for more if he doesn't poop soon. He's about 4 months old or so (bought him at an expo early December), and I want to have him around for a while.

Yours is a ball python and not a boa, right? If so, I would not worry about it. You can try soaking him for a short time, but if he wants to eat, he can eat. Boas are slightly more touchy with digestion, so I wouldn't necessarily advise that if he were a boa with a sausage butt like that, but a ball python should be fine.

[yellowbelly76]

Yes, he is a ball python...my first. Unfortunately, I didn't see a similar thread in the BP forum, so I weighed in here. Thanks all for the advice. I'll give him a little more time, and then try a soak to see if that stimulates anything. Like I said, I just want to ensure that he is healthy, and sticks around for a while.

[Evenstar]

Yes, he is a ball python...my first. Unfortunately, I didn't see a similar thread in the BP forum, so I weighed in here. Thanks all for the advice. I'll give him a little more time, and then try a soak to see if that stimulates anything. Like I said, I just want to ensure that he is healthy, and sticks around for a while.

No problem! We are glad to help no matter where you post, lol! I don't think you have anything to worry about. BPs often get a sausage butt with no trouble. But a 10-20min soak every 2-3 days won't hurt him so you could go ahead and try that.

[Dark Lady Kat]

In my experience if you are feeding just the right size there isn't much waste left so they hold onto it for a while with my boas I feed once every two weeks or after a deification if it comes with in that third week I generally do not wait any longer than 3 weeks to at least offer the food but my boas are older my BP well they are young eat like champs and I just watch and note their deification because it could be consistent for a month or two then they may hold onto it for a while.

I think I read somewhere average to expect is once every 4-6 weeks it could be shorter or longer.

Unless you start feeling a "hard solid" mass in their lower end (and when I say "hard solid" as in the mass is thick and dry enough inside them that it actually restricts their own muscle movement in that area - then you worry about impaction) I wouldn't worry to much though a soak can never hurt in luke warm water be prepared that this in itself may bring on a poop in what ever you are soaking in.

This fact has led me to keep a soaking tub specifically for this that can be cleaned thoroughly and sterilized. (had a baby bp when I first owned snakes who we soaked and because of her size decide to use a medium size piece of tupperware from the kitchen it got thrown away)

[yellowbelly76]

I gave my yellowbelly BP a soak, and he did go, FINALLY. However, I did notice that most of what came out was a yellow/brown/green liquid (looked liquid, but he was in water). The poo itself was surprisingly small, but then all this liquid came out, and his "sausage butt" sort of deflated. I presume this is normal, but what is it?

He def eats like a champ. He was more than willing to accept a f/t rat fuzzie, after having fed him live mice hoppers since e got him. He's been on f/t for a over a month now, and he does not hesitate to strike when offered. I saw a chart that suggested a rat fuzzie was about th equivalent to a mouse hopper, and I was fortunate that my local pet shop, which normally has to order young rat, had a female that gave birth. I bought th entir litter once they hit fuzzie stage, and had the, frozen (the pet shop did the freezing for me).

Im going to go a better job of tracking his meals, and defications, so that I have a better idea of what's going on with him. Thanks everybody for your advice.