How often to Baby Red Tail Boa\'s poop?

[paolo_28]

I fed my baby "TITAN" 2 Saturday's ago and still no droppings in the tank. How often do baby RTB's poop? [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_confused.gif[/img]
[addsig]

This is actually going to vary snake to snake. How often is going to depend on MANY factors in your snake and it's husbandry also. What are you feeding the snake atm ?

Most of my baby boas will poop every 7 - 14 days on average. Alldepends on how much of the prey they are utilizing etc is all.
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[ChrisRezendes]

Red Tail's don't drop urates very often then, huh? My milk and king each drop about 3 times a week, making me spot clean very often. The BP drops about once a week. I don't know why I'm talking about how often my snakes poop. Wasn't this a question? Oh well. I already typed it in. So it's going [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_razz.gif[/img]
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[JuliusSqueezer]

Boas and pythons move slower than most colubrids...so does their bowels. They have a relatively slow metabolism for a very good reason. They are mostly ambush opertunist hunters in the wild. Some pythons seem to hunt and roam moreso than most boas do...and I know someone will be blasting exceptions here lol....but anyway, they need the slow metabolism to make sure and squeeze every bit of nutrient they can from their food. Now with all this in mind...

How often your snake poops will depend on size of prey, type of prey, amount of time spent basking after a meal, how active the snake is, how much soaking he does in water, if he is subjected to cool temps for any amount of time, how often he is fed. It is not unusual for a boa to go 2-3 or even 4 or 5 weeks between poops. When setup in a healthy environment and everything gets more routine, about a week or so after each feeding is normal. Just watch and make sure he poops before a 4th meal in a row is fed to him. If he hasn't gone after 3 feedings, then you will want to get him out and soak him in tepid (neither warm nor cool) water.
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