Quick Feeding Question

[zupanm]

Should I wait till my snake goes tot he bathroom to feed again? Its almost her next feed and I'm just wondering. Should I stay with it or wait

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[Eric From Cincinnati]

Feed it on a regular schedule. It's an animal just like anything else, you don't have to wait for something to come out of one end to put something in the other. If you think about it, do you say "I'm not going to eat dinner cuz I haven't poo'ed since lunch." Of course not. It's also my understanding that a healthy growing snake may, but not necessarily, use all of what it eats resulting in not much or infrequent pooing.

Just my .02
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[Reticu-Lady]

You are right, growing snakes use alot of their food to grow. They may not poo very often at all. Just make sure he doesn't get a hard lump towards the vent area, could be impaction, but that shouldn't happen if humidity as correct.
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	Cloaca is the posterior opening that serves as the only such opening for the intestinal, urinary, and (usually) genital tracts of certain animal species.All birds, reptiles, and amphibians possess this orifice, from which they excrete both urine and feces

[trinitywolf]

E Rock is dead on! Growing babies sometimes use all that they eat causing them to "skip" poo's between feedings. I feel all my babies on a seven day schedule and there are many times that some of them do not poop inbetween feedings. Some of the ones that grow the fastest don't poop but two to three times a month.

Good luck!

Ted
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[thomasito]

I feed mine after they poop and they do poop before feedings. [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]

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