? about poo!

[sirhissball]

I was under the impression that there are two kinds of python excrement. Urates (solid yellow whitish things) and poo (brown, lumpy little hairy things). Well he leaves me urates about every other day, and a little brown hairy thing a couple of days after he eats. Both are odorless and easy to pick up. He just got done with a shed, and left me copious amounts of stinky brown gooeyness in his hide. Is this normal? Was he saving it up for shed time or what? Are the little dryer hairy things poo as well? I never thought I'd wonder so much about snake sh!@

[frankykeno]

You know I thought after my 4th child left his infancy behind I'd never have to examine another living thing's poop either! Guess I was wrong! LOL

Mine often leave a mess wrapped inside their shed ball but quite honestly I've never looked to see it's relative gooeyness. Was this like loose stool left seperate from the shed or a mess inside the actual shed?

Funny I never thought I'd ever ask a complete stranger to describe the texture and location of his snake's doo doo either! Amazing where life leads one.....


~~Jo~~

[sirhissball]

[QUOTE=frankykeno]

Was this like loose stool left seperate from the shed or a mess inside the actual shed?

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it was right near the shed, a pretty massive pile of it in comparison to the size of what I usually pick up. I found it odd because he poos about once a week normally, but apparently he was saving a little something every week for a special occassion! I don't know that runny is the word to describe it, but it was certainly holding more moisture than what I am used to seeing from him!

[frankykeno]

Well hopefully Becky (resident poop expert) or someone else can comment here. I'm used to basically see either something inside a shed balls or just their normal stool which to me just looks like a cat turd all in all (sometimes a pretty impressive prize winner cat turd though LOL).


~~Jo~~

[recycling goddess]

hmmm... this conversation makes me want a cookie...

[frankykeno]

Nahhh you need a big old plate of pootine...errrrrr...poutine! LOL


~~Jo~~

[SatanicIntention]

Yay poop! LoL

Back to the "business" at hand(and keep your hands out of your mouth). Normal ball python feces should resemble cat feces, minus the "gag-a-maggot" stench of cat feces. It should be firm as loose stools indicate parasites(or sometimes an off day).

My girl tends to wait until a day after she sheds to let it all go. Such fun. At least I get to save the sheds, as she doesn't leave me little wrapped presents everytime, LoL. But hey, at least they are usually kind enough to WRAP the "presents" beforehand

It's always good to get a fecal done at least once per year. Shouldn't cost more than $10-$20. Take a small sample, half a teaspoon is a good amount, place it in a paper towel, in a ziplock baggie, and place it in the fridge until the next morning when you can drop it off at the vet's. There's no need to keep the feces moist or anything. I've done fecals on rodent poo that was over a week old(think HARD to break apart) and still found parasites galore. It's better if it's fresh, but if it takes one or two days before you can get it to the vet, it's ok.

Anywho, that's your up to date poop talk for this evening.

[PrincessErica]

What about the hairballs? When I first got my guy a year ago, I found a couple. They basically just looked like a hairball. I haven't seen any for a long time, but I always wondered if that was just extra fur from the rats, and why I haven't seen any since if that's the case?

[Cody]

Nahhh you need a big old plate of pootine...errrrrr...poutine! LOL


~~Jo~~

Oh man, I just had one of those tonight. Treated myself to a KFC poutine and a chicken sammitch combo after a long day(and partial night) of buying and setting up lights and decorations for the front yard. Man it was good...hadn't had one in ages.

Not to stray from the subject...

As for the fur, unless you're missing a few cats or a sweater or something, it's most likely from the rats. As far as I know, it's perfectly normal to find fur in their stool. And the amount of the fur depends on what the snake used or didn't use as nutrients, I suppose, lol.

On a slightly different topic...Does anyone else, when finding a nice log in their snake's enclosure, have evil thoughts to wrap it up in a Tootsie Roll wrapper and offer it to someone? That, or I'll get a craving for a Tootsie Roll. Either or, really.

Sorry, I'm still coming down from my poutine gorging.

[frankykeno]

Hmmm can't say I've ever thought of that but I'm not coming to your house to Trick or Treat LOL.

Poutine and Tim Horton's....just two of the things I miss about the land of my birth....*drool*


~~Jo~~