It is one continuous strip going throughout the rack starting from the top, and she’s in like the third tub down from the top.
I could try moving her to a different location and seeing if that changes anything.
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Yeah, which makes sense though I’m not sure how she would be getting too hot in particular either.
It hasn’t gotten as hot since last summer when I first noticed this issue, but she’s still doing it every now and then.
My reptile room stays around 75-80°F ambient with the oil heater going, and it’s placed in the middle ish of the room away from all of the racks and enclosures.
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So I’ve had the same thing happen here with corn snakes. Never did really figure it out, though I’ve always assumed it was poop since it didn’t smell like the sweet rot of death.
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I’ve seen it happen in corns a long time ago if they were kept a little on the warm side. Probably just sped up the digestion process a bit.
I’ve seen it once or twice in ball pythons, just never as much as I would with corns.
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Interesting! I don’t keep corns myself so haven’t experienced that, it’s just this one oddball ball python.
I’m glad it sounds like it likely isn’t a health concern or disease necessarily, I may just need to relocate her and see if that helps any.
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Has she ever laid eggs?
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She has not, she’s only around 900 grams. Not quite breeding size yet.
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Today I fed her a f/t weaned rat weighing 33 grams (I actually weighed it this time.)
Quite a bit smaller than she should be eating.
I will report back once she poops again to see if it’s a normal poop or if it’s the weird poop (?).
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