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"normal" poop?

Dachindae
05-08-2013, 11:20 PM
I have two corn snakes. An estimated 4 year old and a 2 year old.
The 2 year old tends to hold his poop in or hide it in his enclosure. He has aspen bedding so he burrows, poops, then comes back up.

The female corn snake just poops a lot, haha. I'm used to having pythons that poop once or twice a month.
Her poop is SUPER smelly though and I'm not entirely sure it's "normal" for it to smell like this. I'm also not 100% sure what normal corn snake poop looks like since I find the younger one's dookies about a week after he does it and it doesn't smell at all!

Are there any of you willing to post a picture of a "normal" adult corn snake poop? I just need to know what a normal one looks like before I decide to take her in for a checkup and make sure she doesn't have parasites or something nasty like that.

Other than the poop, she is a very sweet girl! Very tolerant to any and all handling, has never hissed once and lets me touch her head and just about any part of her body. VERY good feeder, hasn't missed a feeding since January when I got her.
Here's a photo of her. [she's in shed in this photo]
She's missing some scales on her face due to battles with live prey with her previous owner. Now happily fed on frozen/thawed adult mice.
http://25.media.tumblr.com/1e1ea6d01f700d9874c9b5d9177f679a/tumblr_mme6c95A4L1ryge0ro1_1280.jpg
http://24.media.tumblr.com/9140832f30ebac45c8d4ece4e6a6aa24/tumblr_mme6c95A4L1ryge0ro2_1280.jpg

Nanci
05-09-2013, 05:32 AM
I think adult cornsnake poop can be pretty smelly. Mine are in the living room, and I can definitely smell it when I come home to a new poop, or if someone poops during the evening. They go once or twice per meal, usually.

Dachindae
05-21-2013, 11:31 PM
Okay, she's pooped a bit since then and these are looking odd.
I dug around in a fresh one she made in her feeding bin. It was so gross but I did it to make sure I didn't see any worms. I can't see any visible parasites but it doesn't mean they aren't there.
I'm taking in her next one to the vet to get a smear or float test.

Anyone have any input? She's fed on frozen/thawed mice from Layne Labs.

Sorry for the gross pics.
This one was from a few weeks ago
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k58/Sangheilisniper/IMG_3743.jpg

and here's the one from tonight [the hair you see was already in the bin and was not pooped out]
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k58/Sangheilisniper/IMG_4041.jpg

after I pulled it apart a little bit with some wooden tongue depressors
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k58/Sangheilisniper/IMG_4045.jpg

antek55
05-21-2013, 11:41 PM
This is corn snake poop??!! My corns poop is white.well i think its poop i always pik out white stuff after a couple days of feeding him. This jus looks nasty i hope my snake never poops this stuff out

HerpsOfNM
05-22-2013, 12:13 AM
Antek....the white is urates (pee in crystaline form basically). You'll eventually see solids, actual fecal matter.

Dach, those do seem somewhat odd. You might check with some local exotics vets to see if any and how much they'll do a fecal float and fecal smear exams just to play it safe.

Dachindae
05-22-2013, 12:25 AM
It smells TERRIBLE too. Almost like a regurge but not nearly as bad.
yeah, unfortunately the only exotics vet is half an hour away. Could I get a smear/float test at a regular vet? Or does it have to be exotic?

Nanci
05-22-2013, 09:31 AM
It looks like poo that is within the normal range. I wouldn't freak out, but you could take one in for a fecal some day. That's pretty much what poo looks like when there isn't any substrate to absorb it.

BloodyBaroness
05-22-2013, 09:44 AM
Looks like totally normal poop to me.

Snakes tend to have variance in fecal bolus structure. In other other words, some is runny some is more firm, some have big turds, some don't. It's just like people, we all have slightly different poop styles that are normal for us.

Again, that looks 100% normal. I see no reason to worry.

One of my corn snakes has super strong smelling poop. I can immediately pick that smell out above all the other.

Corn snake poop is also VERY different from python poop.