First and foremost I am sorry to hear that your snake died.
People have to stop with all this nonsense regarding snakes defecating.
If the snake pooped once it will do it again.
Why force your will upon the snake?
I'm not sure if these people have realized but snakes have a MUCH slower metabolism than mammals. And since they don't eat nearly as often they WILL NOT defecate nearly as often.
To be brutally honest with you, you put the snake's well being in jeopardy and it ended badly.
Snakes will survive on their own as long as necessary requirements are met.
Assisting the animal with a bowel movement is NOT one of these requirements.
I am sorry these actions resulted in a loss of life that was not necessary.
For future reference, if you want a snake to defecate it is very simple:
Run a luke warm bath and put the snake in for a swim. SUPERVISE the entire time.
The warm water combined with the snake's urge to escape the water will almost definitely result in the desired action. But why force it?
This post is not meaning to belittle anyone or insult what happened, I am just clueless as to the need for these actions.
-Steven
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