My Snake Has a Lump...

[Dvas_Romeo]

In all things with a digestive tract (as far as I know) waste is propelled through the intestines by peristalsis. I would assume that it's the same in snakes and that there shouldn't need to be new waste for the other waste to be moved.

Hi Bo, thanks for your comments, it's really appreciated! Thought for a while there I was forgotten!

On a separate note, I spoke with my vet and will be taking in Jelly in this Saturday morning for another check and enema if required (as I mentioned I thought I felt some hard urate...but further up the tail opposite end of the tip). The lump still remains...so if there really are urates still blocking the lump from moving down the tail...then this time it'll clear it. The vet reminded me once again not to feed Jelly.

As I wasn't sure if the vet knew bloods are known to really hold it in before letting go big time, I let them know...and in reply they said it's not normal. They said it happens very often due to temps and humidity in their wild and domestic environments ...but it's not "supposed" to be that infrequent (though it is). Just some food for thought that made me go ...