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MissCat
Fully Grown Royal
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 Posted - 26/09/2009 : 08:41:49
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Okay, doing Land based studies at college yesterday, we were discussing ways to health check an animal, we started off discussing furries, and one of the things we discussed was the act of defecating, i.e if they dont defecate relatively soon after having a meal, then there could be something wrong.
Inevitabley I piped up that snakes dont poo for some weeks after eating, usually after a shed, and they will eat several times during thts time, HOWEVER the lecturer (an ex vetinary nurse) said that no, snakes should defecate about 1-2 days after eating, and should not be fed until the defecate.
Now i KNOW this is not the case with royals, because it takes longer than that to digest their meal, let alone poop it out, and my corns (when i had them) and my CRB are pretty much the same, in terms of you can guarantee they will poop after shedding. Occasionally (and i do mean occasionally they might do it in between a shed, but that has been rare for me.
So, what i am asking is this:
Is it a FAIR generalisation that SNAKES (in general, not limited to a specific species) should defecate 1-2 days after eating...or does the same thing apply to the majority of snakes as royals?
I realise this makes me seem a bit...anal retentive (LOL) but i just want to be clear on this matter.
The college has a fair amount of animals, a few reptiles among them i.e a common boa, 2 cornsnakes, one type of watersnake as well as geckos, skinks, beardies and torts.
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wolfspirit
Old Royal - I Post too much!
United Kingdom
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Posted - 26/09/2009 : 09:11:32
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MC, my corns are real regular..
feed em they poop within 3/4 days normally, but not my royals
if they have snakes then they should know that they dont poop that quick.. |
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spor
Fully Grown Royal
United Kingdom
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Posted - 27/09/2009 : 02:33:04
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| as with WS my corns would be pretty regular too a couple of days after feed. as for my royals i think if they started to poo a couple of days after feeding i would think there was something wrong. |
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MissCat
Fully Grown Royal
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Posted - 27/09/2009 : 10:03:18
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okay, well i didnt really have my corns that long and my memory is pants so maybe i dont remember how ofetn they used to go and thinking about it now i reckon my boa probably does poo about once a week, maybe every other week.
Cheers for the replies guys lol. |
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sexychef
Royal Python Moderator
United Kingdom
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Posted - 27/09/2009 : 13:39:11
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my royals only tend to poo when they shed
my corns will poo once a week and when they shed
my hognose will poo about 12 hours after a feed and then once every day for the the next 3 days then not again till i feed again
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Blackecho
Royal Python Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 27/09/2009 : 14:58:44
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My corn is very regular. Perhaps that is the same over all/most colubrids?
Boids all seem to go much longer. |
 
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