python digestion time? how long is too long?!?!

[dragon_tail]

hey guys,
as some of you know, i have a new little stimmie, fed wednesday night, he/she had a full lump (shape of the pinky) still in place yesterday evening. this morning it has disapated some what, sorta spread out, but the last inch of the tale looks DRASTICLY thinner and darker compred to the sudden bulge an inch up! is this normal? the snake is not behaving any different, and im careful not to handle since the feed, any advice? and when CAN i handle again?

[dragon_tail]

i cant express how tiny the rest of the tale looks, almost like extra skin! any help/reassurance please?

[Chris1]

is the new bulge just on the body side of the cloaca?

if it is shes probably waiting to be picked up so she can poo on you!

i handle Loki 24-48 hours after a feed,....like when the lumps pretty much gone, if its still there a bit i just avoid touching it.

[dragon_tail]

the lump hasnt disapeared and reapeard, it kinda spead out like a fat sausage, and finishes abruptly an inch before the tail, making the tail look so small and wrong that it looks like it wants to fall off! (he moves his tail as normal, and isnt acting any different?) this is the first time ive fed a snake!

[Chris1]

well, if u life his tail and look under it, you'll see his cloaca, (butthole)

if the bulge is soft and on the body side, its poo. it will disappear once hes pooed.

Loki's gets quite full looking sometimes, just above his butt hole.

[PremierPythons]

Mate sometimes they'll hold onto their meal as long as they can as well. So they won't deficate at all until they're next meal comes along. I guess this is instinctive wild behaviour due to the irregularity of feeding

[dragon_tail]

it was fed wednesday night, tonight will be 48 hours, can i handle with this body shape?
also thanking you for your responses and advice.

[Chris1]

yeah, just be aware hes due to poop so keep him off the lounge etc,...and prepare to shower and change clothes.

[sweethips12]

i feed my 2 4.5/5feet long coastal carpets monday night, i gave them three rats each, small to med rats and they are only just now starting to go back to normal shape and ready to poo. i never thought that was unusual for any of my snakes to take that time. but i could be wrong.

[TANN-MANN]

yeah he's jsut waiting to do a great big bog, my BHP is like it a couple of days after a feed, and can hang onto it for a couple days after, it looks real funny as it it a really drastic change to the tip. i was worried at first when I first saw it...i thought he was constipated, but after a a day or so and a clean of the enclosure everything looks normal.

[tan]

i take mine out on the grass and sometimes that seems to be enough to encourage them to do a poo, not sure if its the different texture or what, but my bluey is almost toilet trained

[bunnykin]

oooo pooh talk

[OuZo]

Originally Posted by tan

i take mine out on the grass and sometimes that seems to be enough to encourage them to do a poo, not sure if its the different texture or what, but my bluey is almost toilet trained

I was just about to suggest that

Take him outside onto some grass and save yourself some cleaning time lol. Sounds like he's gonna drop a beauty

[dragon_tail]

thanks for the advice! now to find some grass other than the stuff out back with my big boxer gaurding it?!?1

[TANN-MANN]

Grass works awsome...just took my BHP out for a bit of a cruise on the grass while the sun was out...and what did he do, a real nice long slug. grass recommended from me now