Faeces.

[kurgan]

So my long wait is over. Monty finally took a crap for the first time since the night I got him, 2 months ago.
Last time he passed two firm pellets but this time it was a much looser motion, although still formed. Should I read anything into this?

[Adam_Wysocki]

No.

-adam

[Colin Vestrand]

yeah what's the deal on this? in all my reading, nothing has ever talked about this... i've been worried because i've had mine for a week without taking a crap. i guess that's not too un-normal?

(mine's a spotted python, but they aren't too unlike a ball)

[Adam_Wysocki]

Spotted pythons have a slightly higher metabolism and do go more often than ball pythons ... big difference actually. But all pythons being generally slow moving and vulnerable animals (because they have no limbs) have adapted over time to be able to go long periods without defecating. The smell of feces is a great lure for predators, so the evolutionary adaptation to go weeks or months without going is purely a survival skill.

The less often you go, the harder you are to find.

-adam

[Colin Vestrand]

great thanks... yeah i hear these guys feed like crazy. my friend calls them the midget retic.

[kurgan]

Thanks Adam

The smell of bp faeces is also a great repellent for humans!

[frankykeno]

Yep just wait till you walk innocently into your laundry room where a big ole 5.5 foot boa lives and get hit with the "someone has dropped a massive load" vapour!


Holy mother of....I've cleaned a lotta kid's butts, a lotta dog doo doo and even some horse stalls and a goat or two in my time...but Becky's snake wins hands down LOL!


~~Joanna~~

[rabernet]

Oh my dear lord, that was too funny, Jo! ***wiping tears from my eyes*** hehehehe!

[greenmonkey51]

My girl still hasn't pooed yet. Is the smell noticeable, like when I walk into my room I'll know shes went.

[mr~python]

when i walk into my room i can smell it sometimes, but when you poke your head into the cage you will deffinitely know!