David_F
06-09-2005, 05:09 AM
Hey all,
I've had my GP ratsnake for a bit over a year now. I'm pretty sure it's a male and he's about 36" long now, give or take an inch or two. I've recently moved him into a sweater box because I needed to make some room and a few things about the snake have changed. First of all, he's pooping way too frequently and it's got a lot of liquid in it. I've read through most of the threads here Re: runny/watery feces and am glad to see it's something that probably shouldn't worry me. I am still a bit concerned though. In the past week he's poo'd four times (twice on Wednesday). Usually, it's once or twice about three days after feeding. I haven't changed his diet any (though I am thinking of switching him to rats soon). He's also become really aggitated within the past couple weeks. He won't allow me to handle him for more than a minute or two at a time and the first time I cleaned his tub out Wed. he escaped (my fault :awcrap: ). When I found him it took me about ten minutes to catch him. When I was finally able to get him I actually had to use a snake hook to keep him calm and from biting me (this was actually quite fun :)). He also musked and whipped me with his tail. This is very unusual for him. There is good ventilation in the tub but the humidity must be higher than usual. Temps have been above average lately as well. No visible/audible signs of resp. infection or other ailments.
So, after boring you with this long, drawn out story do you think this is anything I should be concerned with? Is it simply a "male thing", could he be sick, etc.?
Thanks in advance for any input. :)
I've had my GP ratsnake for a bit over a year now. I'm pretty sure it's a male and he's about 36" long now, give or take an inch or two. I've recently moved him into a sweater box because I needed to make some room and a few things about the snake have changed. First of all, he's pooping way too frequently and it's got a lot of liquid in it. I've read through most of the threads here Re: runny/watery feces and am glad to see it's something that probably shouldn't worry me. I am still a bit concerned though. In the past week he's poo'd four times (twice on Wednesday). Usually, it's once or twice about three days after feeding. I haven't changed his diet any (though I am thinking of switching him to rats soon). He's also become really aggitated within the past couple weeks. He won't allow me to handle him for more than a minute or two at a time and the first time I cleaned his tub out Wed. he escaped (my fault :awcrap: ). When I found him it took me about ten minutes to catch him. When I was finally able to get him I actually had to use a snake hook to keep him calm and from biting me (this was actually quite fun :)). He also musked and whipped me with his tail. This is very unusual for him. There is good ventilation in the tub but the humidity must be higher than usual. Temps have been above average lately as well. No visible/audible signs of resp. infection or other ailments.
So, after boring you with this long, drawn out story do you think this is anything I should be concerned with? Is it simply a "male thing", could he be sick, etc.?
Thanks in advance for any input. :)