Exactly... Small snakes can grow fast and to be able to grow they do have to absorb alot of the nutrients. Some people will tell you that they should have one movement per feeding but I personally have never had a snake that regular. From my experience it's more like one movement per two feedings. I start getting concerned if it goes three feedings then I will soak them to try to fascilitate a movement. Also this isn't gospel for every species. A small snake that feeds on insects, larvas or worms will digest much quicker and with them I've noticed they generally have on average one movement per feeding.



On a personal note. I personally don't use the wood chip beddings. I like using newspaper for several reasons and one is that it's very easy to monitor fecal movements.

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