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My baby female sumatran blood is backed up. She has not defecated since I got her in feb. I've tried soaks, humidity increase. Everything I can think of. She is on paper towels in my care. At the pet store I think she was on bark. So possibly she could have ingested some. But to my knowledge this pet store feeds in another container. But who knows.

Anyways, any help would be much appreciated. Or is my only choice a visit to the vet?

Blood pythons have a VERY slow metabolism and they do take much longer to deficate then other snake species. A little more info on the snakes habits may help us, also the cage temps and humidity lvls.
How often does it feed and what is it feeding on?
How large is the snake?
Basking temp?
Cool side temp?
Humidity Level?

Your safest bet is always to take the animal in to a certified reptile vet and have it checked out.
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Sam Craver
Cage Crafters

M/loser,NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT!!!Baby blood pythons are notorious for holding in their stool.I have three neonates right now and they haven't deficated either.Watch out when they do.Sometimes frequently feeding your blood and not allowing in between time can cause this.The very first blood that I owned didn't deficate for his first six months.I took him to a vet for an enima and it cost me about $100.00 just for him to poop.What a waste.Sometimes if you wait a little longer in between feeding schedules they will use that oppurtunity to poop.For example if you feed once a week let em go hungry and go every ten days.By letting them go hungry they start cruizing the cage for prey and they get some exercise.Good luck. Ash lopez

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I guess I'll just wait it out. She isn't showing any health signs other than not doing the deed.

Anyways, cage temp is 100 on the hot spot (with under take heat), 80 on the cool end. She is at around 75-80% humidity. She has small rubbermaids with sphagnum moss in each. Of which she is always in one or the other.

Also, I was told by a friend I could inject a mouse with mineral oil or some kind of natural laxative, then feed it to the snake. Is this a horrible idea? Or is it feasible?

Chances are your animal is dehydrated somewhat. When I kept all 3 types, the one thing I noticed is that all of them would not drink water that was over 24 hours old. I started to change their water every day; it took some time but all started to go every 5-7 days after eating, both hatchlings and adults. It's pretty much the same thing with humans, if your cronically dehydrated, you usually become constipated