How often does a curtus defecate??

waf · 10-30-15, 02:37 PM

Hi again,

Is it true that for a curtus is normal to defecate only 2 or 3 times in a year??

Well, mine has 5 months already without doing the #2... she is 1 year 4 months old, is a very good eater, once a week, with no fail, looks very normal, but I wonder about this issue. What's your experience on it?

Mmrseed · 11-25-15, 02:28 PM

2x a year. It will be a traumatizing experience if you witness it first hand as your snake tanks a dump the size of a malamute. For ours, first was a urate the size of a hard boiled egg and then about 30% of our snakes body weight to follow

**Minkness** · 11-25-15, 02:56 PM

What is a curtus?

prairiepanda · 11-25-15, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Minkness

What is a curtus?

Blood python; Python curtus.

Sounds normal.

**Minkness** · 11-25-15, 04:05 PM

Ooooh yesss....I have heard of the massive poo and terrible stink that rivals an H.P. Lovecraft novel of horrendousness that should never be experienced by a human nose....lol

IW17 · 11-26-15, 09:54 PM

Quite often I would give my blood a soak in Luke warm water knowing full well that he would almost always defecate while In there. Then I would just dump the waste into the toilet when he did. But yes he would only go a few times a year.

waf · 12-07-15, 09:47 PM

Hi...!
I did the warm water baths.... but nothing.

I did something I read in a post, which really worked: My blood's substrate is always news paper, so I changed it for regular soil, the same that we use on gardening, and after a couple of hours.... woow!! she did a mega poop !! haha! after that, I only cleaned up the mess and it was all!

BranceM · 01-03-16, 02:09 PM

Last year I bought a male superstripe ultra breit BST from a guy who also gave me a female superstripe het ultra for free since he thought she was compacted. I took her home, gave her a warm soak & gentle massage and BOOM!, no more "compaction". Best free snake I've ever gotten.