I have 6 month old Rosie boa. This is my first snake. I was told it's feces would be white. I fed him the day before yesterday about 7 pm one hopper. Tonight I found brownish black and white matter in his hide. It resembles feces to me but I've never seen a regurgitated mouse. This would be the third feeding and nothing like this has happend before. I did handle him for about twenty minutes today. Can someone tell me what is going on?
Reptile & Amphibian Forums
Welcome to kingsnake.com's message board system. Here you may share and discuss information with others about your favorite reptile and amphibian related topics such as care and feeding, caging requirements, permits and licenses, and more. Launched in 1997, the kingsnake.com message board system is one of the oldest and largest systems on the internet.
Help regurge?
Chanceb77
Sep 17, 2009 10:22 PM
Replies (2)
Fish_Demon
Sep 18, 2009 12:19 PM
The white part is the urates (they have this instead of urine to conserve water) and the brown/black part is the actual feces. If the snake regurgitated, you would know it because the mass won't be identifiable as anything else and it will smell really, really bad.
-----
- Natalie
(San Francisco Bay Area)
Chanceb77
Sep 18, 2009 01:17 PM
Thank you. I got some misinformation and got worried. Thanks for the peace of mind.
