Constipation!

[ChadRamsey]

My blood has not pooped in MONTHS!!!!!!! Now this has happened before to other snakes of mine and a soak or two has done the trick. BUT not with this girl! I moved her to her new enclosure in January. I i have NOT cleaned ANY poo from her enclosure since. I have soaked her on NUMEROUS occasions to no avail. NOW I AM DESPERATE! She looks bloated. And is acting lathargic. Any help would be great.

Thanks

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[Brandon28]

Warm soaks for about an hour a day usually do the trick. If not, try giving it a few drops of mineral oil...a natural laxative will probably work. There is a way to force a poop, but I would only recommend that as a last resort. I know you said you've tried soaking, but let's get some details. How are you soaking? How long? What are the water temps? How frequently?

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[JuliusSqueezer]

and how big is the snake? and how big is the food? How often do you feed? What are the temps and humidity like?

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[ChadRamsey]

soaking in a tub, half of it is on a heating pad, i dont know the temps of the water, but slightly warm?? for an hour sometimes longer and i would say that with tonights soaking this will be the 3rd time in say 2 weeks.

My history: i've kept balls and red tails for 20 years or so and soaking has always worked! I have NEVER, EVER seen this first hand before in my life.

If she does not release something tonight, anything, i am thinking that i need to move on to "the last resort"!

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[ChadRamsey]

Originally Posted by JuliusSqueezer

and how big is the snake? and how big is the food? How often do you feed? What are the temps and humidity like?

sorry, i should have added all that in the original post, just kind of rattled thats all.

3ft 1000+ grams, the largest small rats i have every 7 days. Temps right now are 90+ hot 85 cool, humidity 62%

[Pork Chops N' Corn Bread]

How does the rat compare girth wise to her? I would think a female blood at 3' should be on medium rats at least

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[ChadRamsey]

Originally Posted by Pork Chops N' Corn Bread

How does the rat compare girth wise to her? I would think a female blood at 3' should be on medium rats at least

without a doubt she could take medium right now. but with having a 100+ smalls i was trying to get rid of them before my next order. I actually have 2 balls tha need mediums also!

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[Pork Chops N' Corn Bread]

Originally Posted by ChadRamsey

without a doubt she could take medium right now. but with having a 100+ smalls i was trying to get rid of them before my next order. I actually have 2 balls tha need mediums also!

I would either try and bump her up to 2 smalls or on a more frequent feeding schedule. Just keep on soaking a couple few times a week and you'll have a big suprise one day!!

[ChadRamsey]

ive been wairing on that BIG suprise for a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG time! 5+ months!

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[Pork Chops N' Corn Bread]

Originally Posted by ChadRamsey

ive been wairing on that BIG suprise for a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG time! 5+ months!

Oh wow. Just keep soaking is really all you can do and give a tad bit of mineral sprits. Also, what type of bedding is in his cage?

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[ChadRamsey]

i feed her along with ALL my snake in a seperate feeding bin with no bedding.

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[Pork Chops N' Corn Bread]

Ok, its not impaction then so she's just holding it in waiting to let it loose!

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[Slithers]

my snake has only pooped 2.5 times since february, but thats cuz she was fasting...lil weirdo

but im trying to get her pooping regularly again...i just put her in her soaking tub and put the top on...

she pooped...of course...
always works like a charm for me...good luck

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[ChadRamsey]

gee i would be happy with just the .5

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[Slithers]

dont give up on the soaking...it could still work...

give it time too...hour or so?

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[JuliusSqueezer]

Dude...pork...stop giving advice...period. You are going to kill someone's snake. You are a nice guy, but that's enough. Stay here and learn and play...but no more advice. Mineral spirits is a solvent...paint thinner. How about you go chug some and come back and tell us how you feel. Mineral OIL is a laxitive. But that isn't the issue. This snake should be on large rats. Not small and not medium. He's simply hanging on to his inadequate meals trying to get some nourishment out of them. When he does poop, it will be nothing but a tuft of hair that comes out. Feeding more frequently is certainly not the answer. He's probably depleting the crap out of his enzymes as it is. More often than once a week is never a good idea with these snakes. He just needs more food...bigger food!

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[amercnwmn]

Yep large fat rats for the lil chub a lub...Bloods are stocky snakes by nature..My BP did that too, wouldnt poop..only she actually got to where she didnt shed properly..I finally asked and was told to increase the food size and WHAM she pooped and shed fine They just grow so fast its sometimes hard to keep up with..You blink and they arent babies anymore

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[Pork Chops N' Corn Bread]

Originally Posted by JuliusSqueezer

Dude...pork...stop giving advice...period. You are going to kill someone's snake. You are a nice guy, but that's enough. Stay here and learn and play...but no more advice. Mineral spirits is a solvent...paint thinner.

lol, I can't believe I typed that!! lol Disregard that last post.

[Slithers]

Originally Posted by JuliusSqueezer

Dude...pork...stop giving advice...period. You are going to kill someone's snake. You are a nice guy, but that's enough. Stay here and learn and play...but no more advice.

Right or wrong, surely this could have been done via PM...


But...after fully reading the thread, I agree 100%, increase food size to LARGE! dont double up on smalls, or increase feeding intervals

just feed the proper sized rodent

[Pork Chops N' Corn Bread]

I said he may want to do that with the feeding because he said he has a lot of small rats. I have fed 2 rats to Ruby may times with no problems

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