New BP Owner, another Poop question

[jderimig]

My son's young BP has been with us 2 months now. She is active and is eating fuzzies once a week pretty regularily. Occasionally she skips a week.

No poop yet. As a newbie should we be concerned? (I am a little).

--john

[J.P.]

I'd consider it an abnormally long time to not poop, but due to my recent similar experience, i'd say it a can be nothing. But our situations may differ, so you might want to check the belly for any hard lumps.

Mine went 3 months without poop despite twice a week feeding, so i was starting to worry. A day after i post my problem she proved i was a silly worry wart by leaving me a huge present, roughly a third of her body length.

[coldbloodaddict]

what does she weigh? Are you feeding fuzzy mice or rats?

If it is mice your are likely under feeding and she has nothing to waste.


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[Slim]

At 107 grams, she should be able to knock the dog snot out of a small adult mouse. Are you feeding fuzzies because you're concerned about moving her to larger prey? Try not to worry about it. These little critters are purpose built to throw a beat down on rodent type creatures. They are BORN good at it, and it's a thing of beauty.

[hozr]

At 107 grams, she should be able to knock the dog snot out of a small adult mouse. Are you feeding fuzzies because you're concerned about moving her to larger prey? Try not to worry about it. These little critters are purpose built to throw a beat down on rodent type creatures. They are BORN good at it, and it's a thing of beauty.

ROFLMAO! If it weren't so informative I would say you were just playing. Also... Totally right about the thing of beauty. My wife, daughters and I all stifle cheers (to not upset her) when she gets her mouse. I don't have a scale yet to get her weight but my little girl is about 2.5 feet and I feed her small adult mice (Arctic Mice brand). Now I think I am underfeeding her as well. Whole post opened my eyes a bit. I think Nayo might be getting medium mice soon. Maybe even small rats.

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[jderimig]

She weighs 107g (~3.75oz). I am feeding her fuzzies. When we got her she didn't eat for 3 weeks, then its been regular once a week with one skipped week when she shed (about 2 weeks ago).

[Yamitaifu]

She weighs 107g (~3.75oz). I am feeding her fuzzies. When we got her she didn't eat for 3 weeks, then its been regular once a week with one skipped week when she shed (about 2 weeks ago).

you should be able to feed a normal size mouse for a snake that size. I have a little guy who is the same weight as yours and he is on normal mice once a week and defecated a couple of days ago. I would bump up the size prey you are feeding it.

[J.P.]

She weighs 107g (~3.75oz). I am feeding her fuzzies. When we got her she didn't eat for 3 weeks, then its been regular once a week with one skipped week when she shed (about 2 weeks ago).

How many times has it eaten? Doing a little rough math based on your accounts, i'd dare to say it's not more than 4 times. In which case i'd follow the advice on upsizing the meals, eithet switching to larger food, feeding more or increasing frequency....

[jderimig]

How many times has it eaten? Doing a little rough math based on your accounts, i'd dare to say it's not more than 4 times. In which case i'd follow the advice on upsizing the meals, eithet switching to larger food, feeding more or increasing frequency....

She has eaten 6 weeks out of the last 9.

[200xth]

She weighs 107g (~3.75oz). I am feeding her fuzzies.

Fuzzy what? Fuzzy rats? Fuzzy mice?