Lack of urates? Weird bowel behavior?

[Bogertophis]

You're feeding him f/t (great! ) but before you got him, did anyone else feed him live rodents?

If so, it wouldn't hurt to have his stool (a fresh sample) checked for internal parasites by a qualified reptile veterinarian. When you mention his rapid digestion, that can be symptomatic of a snake that is literally sharing his meals. (ie. he may have worms) I would wonder why he's expelling so much liquid too.

Now keep in mind that just because your snake defecates soon after a meal, it doesn't meant THAT's THE MEAL he just ate. It's probably the previous one for which he's pushing out waste products from. And snakes don't always "go" once for every meal they eat either. So keep that in mind.

Snakes that actually spend time in their water bowl may also have mites, so do be aware & check closely for any mites in or near the water bowl, & on his body. They're tiny, you have to look closely. Hopefully that's not the case, but I'm just mentioning with an abundance of caution.

[aminevoo]

2760820[/URL]]You're feeding him f/t (great! ) but before you got him, did anyone else feed him live rodents?

If so, it wouldn't hurt to have his stool (a fresh sample) checked for internal parasites by a qualified reptile veterinarian. When you mention his rapid digestion, that can be symptomatic of a snake that is literally sharing his meals. (ie. he may have worms) I would wonder why he's expelling so much liquid too.

Now keep in mind that just because your snake defecates soon after a meal, it doesn't meant THAT's THE MEAL he just ate. It's probably the previous one for which he's pushing out waste products from. And snakes don't always "go" once for every meal they eat either. So keep that in mind.

Snakes that actually spend time in their water bowl may also have mites, so do be aware & check closely for any mites in or near the water bowl, & on his body. They're tiny, you have to look closely. Hopefully that's not the case, but I'm just mentioning with an abundance of caution.

The breeder I bought him from fed him F/T mice exclusively and I was luckily able to transition him to F/T rats right away. I have him on white paper towel substrate and have handled him 3-4 times already, and so far I haven’t seen any mites on the paper towels or on his body (though he’s a banana enchi and with the freckles he has it might be hard to tell?). So he seems healthy so far and I actually keep a written log of all the dates he’s eaten/defecated so if I ever need to go to the vet I’ll have that handy!

[Snagrio]

The breeder I bought him from fed him F/T mice exclusively and I was luckily able to transition him to F/T rats right away. I have him on white paper towel substrate and have handled him 3-4 times already, and so far I haven’t seen any mites on the paper towels or on his body (though he’s a banana enchi and with the freckles he has it might be hard to tell?). So he seems healthy so far and I actually keep a written log of all the dates he’s eaten/defecated so if I ever need to go to the vet I’ll have that handy!

I also have a banana. While he thankfully never had mites, I've seen enough online footage of them to compare. The freckles don't move, don't have physical texture different from scales, and don't multiply nearly as quickly.