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hi,

ok i have bought 4 new babys from big name breeders. they have some odd stool and i want to verify if there is a problem or not with them. one of my boas, an albino het for stripe, has watery stools. the urates are there but it is surrounded by clear stuff that resembles mucus. the two times i observed this, one time it was watery and the other time it was a little more thick.
also 2 of my boas have real gritty types of stool. it almost has the consistency of wet sand. there isnt much of this but it is noticeable. when u look at it it looks like tiny tiny pebbles stuck together, or soemtimes it is even scattered in the mucus i talked about earlier.
also last thing i noticed is that the urates and actual stool come out at different times. sometimes i dont even find the stool, just the urates.

little about the care of my boas. I have been keeping them on paper towels in sterilite containers. i feed them fuzzy and pinky rats. ambient 81-84 and 92 hot spot. and they seems very healthy, but it just seems like their stool is a little wierd, but maybe it normal?

any info would be great. thanks!

i find that my snakes excrete urates and feces at differnt times also. in addition i see on occasion wattery or for lack of better terms gel like consistancey excrememnt. i have not seen any problems in my snakes and would not worry so much about this. i am not sure what the sandy excrement is but it could just be dry feces. that i would look into more and observe your snake to determine if you think further vet investigation is needed.