my snake wont poop! - Page 4

shaunyboy · 10-10-12, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Wanka2012

it was lying upside down, constantly opening it's mouth, making crackling noises from the site, sitting on the cool side of the terrarium- Might I add, in the open. And other activities, and someones going to tell me I took my snake to the vet for no reason. Ridiculous. The vet may have acted wrong, but I DIDN'T.

What happened is that people shouted out instructions without knowing anything about my snake and it could have been very deadly. People (like Mykee) need to watch out before they give these instructions, or they are going to get someone in a lot of trouble.

you took the words right out my mouth.....

i was just about to write,that YOU did nothing wrong,no one is condeming you mate,we're condeming your vet,they were wrong and should really research reptiles,before working with them

all Kat was saying is it's NEVER a good idea,to transport snakes directly after a meal

Mykee gave you 100% the CORRECT advice mate,it's your VET who gave you terrible advice and treatment.....!!!

so IMO it's WRONG to critisize Mykee,Kat also knows this,hence her vigirous defense of Mkee and harsh critisism for your VET

you are right to be concerned about a snake lying on its back,its usually a sign of neurological issues

i hope you get to the bottom of it and the snake gets back to full health

cheers shaun

cheers shaun

**Aaron_S** · 10-10-12, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Wanka2012

Ballpython1717- Be careful what people are telling you to feed him!!! I listened to Mykee and others who were telling me I was feeding my snake too little of a mouse. Mykee explained to me that his baby ball python's eat small adult mice out of the egg, and that a 3 month old should be eating large adult mice. I followed his and other people agreeing with him's advice, which turned out to be disastrous. I'm not trying to slam anyone on here, but these are the facts. I had to take my snake to the vet today because he was acting unusual. The vet told me word for word "The size prey you fed your snake is EXTREMELY too large" and she proceeded to force regurgitate the mouse. I fed my snake a medium adult mouse- He's not a new born so I didn't go with small adult mice, but large adult mice looked far to big. Use your OWN judgement ballpython1717!!!! I feel awful for my snake, he could have DIED.

You're literally like the dumbest person I've ever seen on a forum.

Post pics of your snake. You don't feed it enough. 15 inches? I'll snap a pic of my 3 month old tomorrow. Also his weight.

Lankyrob · 10-11-12, 04:59 AM

For the first year of its life i fed my BP RATS that were AT LEAST TWICE his girth, he never had an issue eating or digesting them, never regurged at all.

Whilst i am not a vet i would say that there was something wrong with you snake BEFORE you fed it and your vet is an ***!!

mykee · 10-11-12, 07:05 AM

Thanks guys for coming to my defense but Mykee is a big boy and can fight his own (stupid) battles, even if they are with a halfwit vet who has about the same amount of experience with snakes that I did 12 years ago.
Wanka; to start, I will keep you in my prayers, but not for the reasons you want.
I'll start with the most rudimentary of information because clearly, being the twitchy newbie you are, thats where we need to start: a snake will only take down a meal that it knows it can handle, to explain further (because I think you need it) a snake will only eat a meal large enough that it knows it can handle, if the meal size was too large, the snake would just have left it alone and not eaten it. Simple enough, right?
The only damage that was done was done by your dumba$$ vet (and you for paying him) to manually regurg the meal.
Assuming this is your first snake, you better have a small fortune set aside for vet visits because I'm guessing you're going to need it.

Just to clarify, because some peoples children lack the most common of common sense; I feed my two week old newborn babies (55-65g) their first meal of a medium adult mouse (12-15g). If I were to count, I've probably fed 1500 meals this size this year alone and I've been doing this for over a dozen years without a single issue.

Best of luck.
Sorry to see you leave this forum.
Bye.

**Aaron_S** · 10-11-12, 12:50 PM

Here are my two three month-ish old ball pythons. On a scale. Both eat rat pups galore. I took these real quick as I'm busy today but it gives you an idea of true size, and properly fed snakes should be nice and robust.

MoreliAddict · 10-11-12, 01:06 PM

Aaron in for his second picture fail of the day...

Wildside · 10-11-12, 01:09 PM

Gungirl · 10-11-12, 01:46 PM

Arron they are good looking..

ummmm..... ?

ballpython1717 · 10-12-12, 03:16 PM

i dont think any of you are understanding the problem! he is stressed and after i fed him a week ago he wouldnt poop! i only want to know how to make him less stressed.

Gungirl · 10-12-12, 03:27 PM

How is the snake stressed? If you are housing it properly and not handling it, it will be fine. Even if stressed the snake will poop when it has to poop. Snakes don't poop every time you feed them either.

**Aaron_S** · 10-12-12, 03:34 PM

Don't touch it. Don't touch the tank. Just don't worry. It's not like a dog that eats and then several hours laters needs to poop. You need to do more basic research on snakes as pets and in captivity.

Wildside · 10-12-12, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Aaron_S

Don't touch it. Don't touch the tank. Just don't worry. It's not like a dog that eats and then several hours laters needs to poop. You need to do more basic research on snakes as pets and in captivity.

Where's dem pics?

rmfsnakes32 · 10-12-12, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by ballpython1717

i dont think any of you are understanding the problem! he is stressed and after i fed him a week ago he wouldnt poop! i only want to know how to make him less stressed.

I have a snake that is 4 years old and only poops once a month this is very normal for snakes! The only thing stressed is you calm down do a little reading on snakes pooping habits and just how everyone has said he will poop when he has larger meals small fuzzy meals cause very little waste as he gets older his poops will be larger and still only be a few times a month

**Aaron_S** · 10-12-12, 07:17 PM

Wait no one can see the pics of the potion and mystic above?

alessia55 · 10-12-12, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Aaron_S

Wait no one can see the pics of the potion and mystic above?

Aaron when I click to edit your post, I can see the links to the pics...but if I open the links on my computer, the photos don't show up either, which is why they aren't showing up on your post. It might be because of the settings of the album aren't set to public?