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    Re: BP not using hot side

    Quote Originally Posted by Hugsplox View Post
    What size prey item are you feeding?


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    And the reason this question is being asked is that young mice or rats are mostly digestible, therefore there is very little waste for the snake to need to expel. Many new snake keepers assume their snake that's eating young rodents is "constipated" when they're actually not- they're just conserving water & not going until they really need to. Snakes are the masters of energy & water conservation.

    Quote Originally Posted by Jdrum6 View Post
    ... hopefully she’ll poop soon because I don’t think I should feed her until she does. She’s had 3 meals with no poop.
    I agree with the suggestions to lower the UTH temperature- her "warm hide" was probably too hot, at least for safety.

    And IF, as we've asked, your snake IS eating "young" prey (?), I'd keep feeding her. She just may not need to "go" yet.
    Last edited by Bogertophis; 03-07-2021 at 11:04 PM.
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