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    Re: No shed or poop in 6 weeks



    This is the day we got her, supposedly she was one month old?

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    Re: No shed or poop in 6 weeks



    This is the day we got her from PetSmart.

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    Re: No shed or poop in 6 weeks

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    I just started feeding her Hopper mice last week, before that she was on to pinky mice a week, for one week, and then before that she was just on a pinky mice a week.

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    That's why she hasn't pooped. BPs eat hopper mice straight out of the egg no problem then move up to fuzzy rats quickly from there.

    I'd definitely up the prey size to something more appropriate for her size.
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    Re: No shed or poop in 6 weeks

    Quote Originally Posted by wetbar View Post
    I just started feeding her Hopper mice last week, before that she was on to pinky mice a week, for one week, and then before that she was just on a pinky mice a week.

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    Than you have your answer, even out of the egg the can take hoppers, pinkies are colubrid food, with little to no nutritional value for a BP, so what little there was, was used for fuel leaving nothing to be eliminated and because the animal was not fed enough it has not beenn growing and therefore not shedding.

    Feed an appropriate size prey (equal the girth size of your animal) every 5 to 7 days and your BP will get back on track, grow, shed and defecate like any other one, but keep in mind that there is no schedule for bowel movement it can be once a week or once a month.

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    Re: No shed or poop in 6 weeks

    Beautiful snake and as the others said increase prey size a little and you'll be fine. I think my first one took about 6 weeks before I found his first present. Since then he's been regular about every 10-14 days
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    Re: No shed or poop in 6 weeks

    Wow really? Ok She eats tomorrow and so I will take her one up from Hopper Mouse and see how she does. I have a red tail boa that a little bit longer than her and supposedly a month older than her so I will do the same for my red tail

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    Re: No shed or poop in 6 weeks

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    Wow really? Ok She eats tomorrow and so I will take her one up from Hopper Mouse and see how she does. I have a red tail boa that a little bit longer than her and supposedly a month older than her so I will do the same for my red tail

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    I'm not one of the experts here, but I would try to get them both on rats as soon as they will accept them. I think rat fuzzies are about the equivalent of a mouse hopper. Rats are a much more satisfying meal for pythons and boas.
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