Very eventful evening

[MontyPython]

Ok, so I go and check on Monty because he is getting ready to shed soon. I see him out of his hide with shed hanging off his neck. I very gently take him out to weigh him, waited the good 3 days to pick him up after the large rat i fed him. His weight registered 322 grams, he's about 4 or 5 mo. old and just barely 2 1/2 ft. anyway as I was going to lift him out he starts to urinate in the little tub i use to weight him, fine, i let him do his business, then take him out and set him down to go and clean up the mess, 2 seconds later i see something big and brown start to poke out of his anus, OH GREAT! poos on the floor LOL! I clean that up, wash off Monty and then put him back in his enclosure, seconds after that he gives me a perfect shed! What a wonderful evening if I must say so! Heheh :D

[mango]

congrats. They love to make you go oh great and then redeem theirself right after that don't they? lol :D

[HetForHuman]

mine always makes me mad by going poop right after i get his enclosure all nice and clean. The ungrateful litle bugger...LOL

[mykee]

In the future, I would refrain from handling your ball while it is shedding.

[lilyskip]

wow, does sound like an eventful evening. i do agree with mykee, though. i didn't seem necessary to weigh him right when you did.

[MontyPython]

It had just started. I wasn't disturbing him too much...

[ReptiZone]

that is not the point just the perioud of time it takes for going "in the blue" till the day he actualt sheds is realy a stress full time for mostly all snakes. and then handeling a snake that is not in shed is stresfull enugh now your snake just wants to get this skin of and realx for a few days and you start handeling it a realy big NO NO.

many you did not know but now you know no harm done. (it will not kill you snake but it is still not a good thing to do)

[MontyPython]

It's a ball python, how can it get stressed out any more than it already is?! I get that it's not a good idea now not to hold the snake or disturb it during the shedding process, but I don't need 3 people telling me it is wrong, 1 is plenty! Thank you and good night LOL! ;)

[daver676]

During every shed my bp has had since I've had her (only 2), she always takes a big dump too. Gotta love her!

Dave

[emroul]

Yeah, same here daver676, mostly the only times my BP's poo is when they shed ;-) LOL but like you said, you gotta love 'em!