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    Re: Chronic constipation problem

    Quote Originally Posted by Pine View Post
    I have a Reptirain on his viv and the humidity stays constant around 80%.
    I have a hard time with pictures on this site but the prolapse is pink and protruding less than a millimeter.
    As I was looking at it with him rolled over, it seemed to pull back in almost completely.
    Thanks for the bath temp, I had read that it should be 92° but as usual, garbage found online.
    Not personally familiar w/ Reptirain but 80% humidity (unless in shed) is a little too much of a good thing & obviously his dehydration isn't from low humidity.

    Pondering what other factors can cause dehydration...no mites, I assume? How about his stool...have you ever had a fresh stool sample checked (for worms) by a herp. vet?

    And I assume he has a water bowl (filled) at all times? (I still come across ppl who've been told that snakes don't need a bowl of water to drink, that's all wrong, since living in our houses is dehydrating, what with A/C & heat that both dry out the air. But I'm assuming that doesn't apply to you & your snake.)

    I'm thinking that a prolapse of "less than a mm" is not significant & may only be related to a recent shed or recent defecation (especially when constipated, pushing out a urate 'stone' is rough on their cloaca") so you might want to give it some time (a few more days or a week) to see if it retracts on it's own? I hope so, & think it probably will.

    Temps. -even the air in a BP's enclosure- you want to keep it at or below 90* for safety...92* isn't awful, it's at the high end of safety & better avoided IMO, but I would avoid immersing a snake in such hot water* since heat transfers far more effectively by water than thru air, & water tends to cover more of their body (ie. be harder to escape any discomfort) *Since our normal body temp. is nearly 100* (98.6*) water that's 90* will feel cool to us, but really isn't for a snake, so it's best to take the temp. of bath water.
    Last edited by Bogertophis; 03-24-2020 at 10:40 PM.
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