Snake Defecation

[SnakeWrangler]

Hey guys,

I am a bit worried that my female coastal may not be defecating enough. I have only found a very small poo in the enclosure and last week she ate 3 pink mice (about 1 week old) so I thought there should have been quite a big poo. I tried feeding her tonight and she ate 1 fuzzy and I decided not to give her a second as I don't want her to get hurt from not defecating.

Also, how can I tell if she is getting overweight, at the end of her body where the tail meets the body there is a big difference between the thickness, about 3 times the size, is this normal?

Cheers.

[Magpie]

Pink mice don't cause much pooo, they get almost fully digested. Also, you will never make a snake overweight on pinkies, don't even worry about it till it's on large rats.

[sxereturn]

And another thing - don't bother/feeding any more pinkies...fuzzies are so much more better.

[SnakeWrangler]

Yeah the only reason I fed pinkies was because the person I get them off only had pinkies, the only other babies she had were too big and active and could possibly have hurt the snake as I am feeding them live at the moment. I can't bring myself to kill the poor little fellows, rather let the snake do it. I am thinking about breeding rats and settings up a little gas tank to freshly kill them when needed. I plan on getting a few more snakes so this will be a viable option.

Cheers.