my florida takes forever to digest his food is there anything wrong
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Eating & Digestion
4kingzeus
May 23, 2005 03:30 PM
Replies (2)
Sweet_Pickle
May 23, 2005 04:15 PM
... My snake room is kept between 79 and 83 degrees all of the time. I use no belly heat, heat tape, or bulbs. There is no thermal gradiant.
I have about 150 snakes (maybe more) and this is what I find - they all start having bowel movements from 2 to 4 days after they ingest a meal. If a large snake eats 5 or 6 mice it might have the bowel movements spread over a few days... but usually the snake will pass the "remains" within 4 days.
What type of timeframe are you experiencing?
How warm is the snake?
How big is the snake and how big (and how many) is the prey item you are feeding it?
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Peter Jolles
East Coast Colubrids
www.eastcoastcolubrids.com
peterjolles@eastcoastcolubrids.com
4KINGZEUS
May 24, 2005 04:39 PM
HE'S as slim 13-14in he ate small meals on monday then a fuzzy on thursday going only 1 time as of tuesday
