Hi everyone! I've got a hog-newbie question I figured would best be answered here. I've got a fair amount of snake years under my belt, but just now decided to go for my first hog.
I got her tuesday, and as far as I know she was healthy and eating like a little horse with her breeder. Well, she went into shed almost immediately after arrival, so I raised her humidity and got a perfect shed out of her, along with... a teeny bit of runny poop. I didn't really pay it any mind, since some snakes do that with their sheds. I've been handling her every day and she's been great.
She ate three pinks yesterday (she needs sm. mice but the local store was fresh out, so I figured a few pinks ala T-Rex this week wouldn't hurt). She just pooped again, and it's basically a puddle that smells extremely metallic (moreso than my king and rat's poo). Has it been long enough for her to digest her meal? But anyway, the poop.
Is this some sort of normal phenomenon I can associate with the stress of being shipped across country? I'm placed in an odd position here because I'm a college student. My snakes have a vet they're all signed up with back home, but around here at college the nearest vet is an hour's drive to get into Dallas, TX.
So I present her poop to you guys. Does it look like poop I should worry about, or will it clear up? I'll be back home by the end of may, should I let it try to clear up and if it doesn't by then, have a vet check up on it? Or, you know, should I go rushing to get her injections right the hell now (which I'm willing to do, I just want advice before I schedule an appointment and drive a few hours, only to be told I'm just a worried new pet owner)?
(note on the photo: she has dust-free eco-bedding, aka paper-baglike paper that's gone through a paper shredder and crumpled, but has nosed it all away from this corner)
