This is a must read for all Borneo Short Tail or Blood Python owners.
So my Borneo as gone 11 months with out crapping. So i was looking for info on what to do.
Then the other day on another forum there was a girl with a Blood with the same problem. It had gone 10 months without pooping. She was told to soak it in warm water. She had been doing it 3 times a week for three months didn't help. She was asked if the snake was eating regularly and active. She said yes. Same as mine.
She was told to make sure the water was deep enough it had to swim this would help break it up. She tried it and it didn't work.
Then she was asked if she had tried milking it. Everyone was like what the hell. The guy explain you soak the snake in warm water for a bit. Then you massage the belly towards the rear in. You will feel hard little bumps. This are dried urine. Massage helps break it lose. You slow push them towards the rear and very carefully work it out.
So today i gave it a try. I could not believe how much dry urine came out of her. It took and while but i believe i got it all work out of her. So hopefully she will finally be able to poop for the first time in months. I was lucky and she just rested her head on my arm and let me do it. I thought i would get tagged for sure. I believe this is why she 's been cranky lately.
Borneo and Bloods have the slowest metabolism of any snake so has they get older the don't poop as much. Most adults only go once every 3 to 4 months. So some times it get's build up in them and backs up. This is why it's important to get records of how often they go. Any longer than 5 months then you should start soaking or letting them swim a couple times a week to help work it lose. So you hopefully don't have to milk them to get it out.
I took before and after pictures. The last pic is of all the dry urine that came out. It might not look like it, but the two big one were 4 to 5 inches long and as big around as a half dollar.
Before she look like she is going to burst. She was so fat her color looked faded.
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The after she has some of her color back.
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These were bigger than they look. There was actually three more big ones that aren't in the picture.
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