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Difficulty pooing?

sian.kelly

sian.kelly

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Hey guys, I had Hydra out tonight and he pooped whilst he was out (thankfully I had a towel down!). But when he was actually pooing, it seemed like he was struggling to do. Like, urates or pee (the yellow/white bit) came out first (which is normal I believe) with what seemed to be extra water so is that just more pee? Then, it took him a maybe 10 seconds or a bit longer to actually poop and it seemed like he had to force it out a lot - his cloaca was pretty open and I could see a lot of pink. This happened last week as well.

I just wanted to check that this is normal and nothing to be worried about, I've never spent a lot of time watching snakes poo! He's active and healthy otherwise, and the poo did look totally normal once done - pictures can be provided if needed.

Last meal - Sunday 14th February 19g mouse/ fed weekly
Weight - 196g
Temps - 30oC on hot side, 22oC on cool side
Humidity is a bit low at the moment but I'm working on it


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When I've observed the event, the urates come out first. To me they look a lot like egg white only more yellowish at that point. Then comes the actual feces. I'm usually not at an angle to see how far the vent is actually open. What I can say is that that the tail is usually lifted and for want of a better word, twitching. This is all accomplished by rhythmic muscle movement towards the back end of the snake. To me it is analogous to what is called a peristaltic wave in a human. Maybe it's called that in snakes, too. I've never timed it and to me it has never looked particularly difficult, but there is a lot of motion that could be taken as straining if this were a human and not a snake.
 
Okay, thank you! That's reassuring then that it's all pretty normal [emoji4]


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sian.kelly said:
Okay, thank you! That's reassuring then that it's all pretty normal [emoji4]


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I'm glad and you are welcome. I wanted you to make your own evaluation based on my description, since I haven't observed your snake, but what you said sounded normal to me. There's a lot of motion involved for an animal who is otherwise sitting stock still, that's for sure!
 
It was really helpful, I think I'm just being a bit paranoid! Thank you [emoji4]


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