How to Check Snake Feces for Diseases

Video Transcript

"On behalf of Expert Village I'm Nicole from Pet Kingdom. I'm here to tell you about sick snakes. This is an example of what a healthy snakes feces looks like. Now as you notice it's solid, it has mainly brown but it does have the white parts in it. These are the bones that digested from the prey that it eats. Now an unhealthy sample would be runnier, possibly bloody runny yellow. It is safe to have yellow in their feces but you don't want it runny at all. You don't want it in little pebbles we want to make sure it's one solid mass that comes out looking generally like this one does. Basically it tells you that your snake is eating and digesting properly. With your snakes feces inside of the tank, you may see that they urinate and pass the feces at the same time. So if you do see liquid around the feces this is generally normal. If it's unusual it's going to look a little mucousy, it's going to be thicker than urine and you'll be able to tell the difference with time and experience with your snake, you'll be able to tell what your healthy snakes feces should look like."