poop

RIBBIT · 09-12-07, 05:39 AM

My ball hasn't craped for two weeks is there anything wrong with him ? Oh and when he last craped he was not probed like he is now and he was on mice now on rats.

**Boots** · 09-12-07, 09:06 AM

If you have just switched from mice to rats, it may take a little longer for him to digest the food. Is he/she showing signs of any problems?

Jason

RIBBIT · 09-12-07, 09:19 AM

what would be some signs

reptilenut4sure · 09-12-07, 12:48 PM

Im not sure of what the signs are, but I know my ball goes to the rest room about 1 time a month usually. You could try soaking him in luke warm water. That could help him out.

RIBBIT · 09-12-07, 01:59 PM

My ball is only 3 and a half months how old is yours
could age effect it

reptilenut4sure · 09-12-07, 02:35 PM

Mine is around a year old. im not sure if age does affect it or not. Somthing tells me it would tho.

mykee · 09-12-07, 05:28 PM

Your ball goes to the restroom? All of mine just **** wherever.....

reptilenut4sure · 09-12-07, 07:24 PM

Hey he loves to go to the restroom, That way I dont have to change his subtrate. LoL

RIBBIT · 09-13-07, 01:19 PM

if there in shed do they not crap

reptilenut4sure · 09-13-07, 02:29 PM

Im not sure on that one, I have not seen mine while they were shedding. But its possible.

RIBBIT · 09-13-07, 03:02 PM

I have a couple of questions could a light and heating pad on 24 hours a day increase electricity by 24 hours a day and could getting another and putting her with mine while there shedding hurt my snake

mykee · 09-13-07, 07:32 PM

Huh??? That was English, right......

RIBBIT · 09-14-07, 05:48 AM

sorry i meant could a light and heating pad on 24 7 in one month make 40 dollars on the electric bill. could getting another ball and putting her in with my male when hes in shed affect him

reptilenut4sure · 09-14-07, 10:24 AM

Honestly I dont think that it could raise your electric that much, because I had to get about 6 or 7 different animals in my house with the lights on 24 7 to make any difference on the electric. I dont think putting another ball in there would hurt anything IMOP. My buddy kept 4 balls in one tank and they just huddled up together under one of the hides.

Joe · 09-15-07, 10:13 AM

first deal with your poop issue, how often do you feed? typicaly pythons only defecate once after each meal, bound up for 2 weeks is nothing to worry about, if a month goes by and he still isnt going then maybe start to be a little concerned, now for your hydro bill, most likely it wouldnt increase the bill by that much, all depends on the wattage of the light and heating pads though, snakes like any other animal need to have a photoperiod of some sort though, leaving the light on 24/7 is not beneficial for your animal at all.. now for the housing of more then one ball in an enclosure at a time... I would say most deffinately not, balls on some very rare occasions have been known to consume other balls, never heard of an instance with older animals but with hatchlings it has been known to happen, and then there is your snake not "pooping" say you toss a new snake in there and a few months down the road you find out the reason he wasnt "pooping" is because he was loaded with parasites, or had some other problem that was transmitted to your new snake, its almost impossible to keep track of who has defficated and when, I could go on and on about why its a horrible idea to house them together but im sure you get the idea, IMO the only time a snakes should be housed together is for a brief time for breeding purposes.. any way, good luck with your new critters and happy herping!