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rotor
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 Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 10:48 am Post subject: A question of poo! |
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I have a 2006 royal that over the past 2 weeks has had 2 feeds but no poo's! Looking at his lower end you can see there is a poo there... I have tried a warm bath with no success as yet... should I be worried? Is there anything else I should try?
Thanks in advance
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| Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 11:02 am Post subject: |
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How long did you give the bath for ?
Leave the snake in the warm bath that is about 5-6in deep for 15-20 mins.
Generally you will notice that the snake will swim a lot trying to get out.
Support and hold the snake in the head/neck area and let it swim and thrash about for a while ... this is the bit that makes it go a poo 
DO NOT forget to thoughly disinfect the bath after this, as this can be a cause of salmonella especially to young children. There was a case of a young child catching salmonella a few years ago that was directly linked back to the families iguana pooping in the family bath after its weekly 'swim'
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rotor
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| Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 11:39 am Post subject: |
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| serpent wrote: | How long did you give the bath for ?
Leave the snake in the warm bath that is about 5-6in deep for 15-20 mins.
Generally you will notice that the snake will swim a lot trying to get out.
Support and hold the snake in the head/neck area and let it swim and thrash about for a while ... this is the bit that makes it go a poo
DO NOT forget to thoughly disinfect the bath after this, as this can be a cause of salmonella especially to young children. There was a case of a young child catching salmonella a few years ago that was directly linked back to the families iguana pooping in the family bath after its weekly 'swim' |
Thanks for the advice... I only left him for about 10 mins before and it was about 2" of water in a large contico. I will try your method in the big bath!
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| Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 4:21 pm Post subject: Success! |
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Thanks Serpent... worked a treat! 
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| Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:47 pm Post subject: Re: Success! |
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| rotor wrote: | | Thanks Serpent... worked a treat! |
Glad to be of help. 
It isnt the bath that works, it is the warmth of the water and more importantly the swimming movement that help the snake poop.
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Glad that it worked. It is always so much better using natural methods rather than reaching for the sink-plunger every time.....  |
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