I've had my senegal since Feb, 5 months now. He has shed pretty much EVERY month since then, and is obviously getting bigger. He used to make a bowl movement somewhat infrequently, and they always seemed pretty big. Once or twice a week, really. I was always somewhat concerned about that, but things seemed pretty regular otherwise. Some of them just seemed majorly huge!
Well, recently I have noticed he (I'm pretty sure it's a he) has developed much more of a bulge at the base of his tail. It's plainly obvious now. Is this what happens as they mature? I've also noticed that he seems to 'go' almost every day now! Even if it is much smaller. They do tend to be smaller now, I imagine because he is going more often. Is this a sign I should start feeding more? Misting him seems to make him go, even if it's only a tiny one. I'd always heard that about misting, but never witnessed it to the effect it has now!
Also, when I first started to pick up on this, I had misted him, and he started acting like he had to go. He used to always climb to the bottom of the cage in about the same place, but that behavior isn't always consistent now. Anyway, he started 'pushing' and I was afraid he was going to hurt himself! What I now assume was the hemipeni began poking out of either side, and I thought he was pushing too hard and his insides were coming out! Maybe that is a by-product of pushing too hard, and he shouldn't have had to push that hard, I don't know. At any rate, it really scared me at the moment. However, once the urate started to poke out, everything came out as normal, and it wasn't excessively large. Then, he squeezed another thin unformed 'movement' out but it was sort of stuck, so he wiped it across a branch to remove it. Pretty gross, but the misting now just seems to 'bring it out' of him.
Well, recently I have noticed he (I'm pretty sure it's a he) has developed much more of a bulge at the base of his tail. It's plainly obvious now. Is this what happens as they mature? I've also noticed that he seems to 'go' almost every day now! Even if it is much smaller. They do tend to be smaller now, I imagine because he is going more often. Is this a sign I should start feeding more? Misting him seems to make him go, even if it's only a tiny one. I'd always heard that about misting, but never witnessed it to the effect it has now!
Also, when I first started to pick up on this, I had misted him, and he started acting like he had to go. He used to always climb to the bottom of the cage in about the same place, but that behavior isn't always consistent now. Anyway, he started 'pushing' and I was afraid he was going to hurt himself! What I now assume was the hemipeni began poking out of either side, and I thought he was pushing too hard and his insides were coming out! Maybe that is a by-product of pushing too hard, and he shouldn't have had to push that hard, I don't know. At any rate, it really scared me at the moment. However, once the urate started to poke out, everything came out as normal, and it wasn't excessively large. Then, he squeezed another thin unformed 'movement' out but it was sort of stuck, so he wiped it across a branch to remove it. Pretty gross, but the misting now just seems to 'bring it out' of him.
