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Important: Corn Snake 101

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Well I fed my two months old corn snake on saturday, and it's wednesday now.. I haven't held her since she ate, and she isn't as active as she was before she ate. [I think she's sleeping it off] So I removed the hide thing she gets under for a second to see if she was alive lol, and she was curled up; looking relaxed she moved her head when she saw me but I put it back because I saw the boldge where the pinkie is at almost the end of her tail. What I was wondering is:

1. When can I pick her up?

2. I see crust around the water boil, it's white and brown.. I don't think it's poop because it's not even close the size of the pinkie or a turd, maybe it's pee?

3. Thanks for the help! :cheers:
 
It should be okay to pick her up 2-3 days after feeding, just be careful about the poo if you haven't seen any around the cage yet. And yes, they tend to be much less active while digesting.

As for crust around the water bowl, have you ever seen snake poo? It's not the size of a turd or a pinky, it's this mucusy, goopy chunky stuff (mm, that paints a lovely picture). Snakes don't have bladders so the poo is pretty liquidy. So it's possible that she did in fact poo in the water bowl (or else your water has a lot of nasty minerals in it.) Just make sure you clean it out; it's safe to hold her now anyways.
 
It's very likely that the white and brown "crust" is poo and pee. The brown part being poo and the white being urate (crystalized urine) which is what snake pee is.
 
That is one wild homepage..... Back to the ?. That was probaly poo. I myself do not handle my critters until 3-4 days after feeding. But for babies and yearlings, be prepared to be poo...ed on. REG
 
Well see I still kind of a see the mouse imprint in the lower tummy I think.. Atleast when I removed the hut, an hour or so later I saw he/she poking her little head out curiously. :p
 
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