Nasty habit...

[Dar1stheory]

My 3yo Coastal seems to have a nasty habit of crappin in the waterbowl in his enclosure, anyone else noticed this with one of their own?

Also, I've seen something about it on here before, but there's the white lumps in urine, and then there's brown, well, hairy poos... Can someone elaborate on the difference again for me?

He only does the white ones in the water... But consistently, every time he's passed for the last 4 months I've had him...

Thanks guys

 

[raycarpetpython]

My jungle often poo's the white and brown stuff in his waterbowl. Yet my coastal never has done any of that. He prefers to crap on/in his hides ><. I don't really see it as a big problem, because there water is changed every 2 days anyway

 

[daniel1234]

I have tried to teach mine to do this regularly but they dont listen lol
Cant always take them outside in time for a dump these days.
Beats wiping it up out of the corners of enclosures.

Some of mine have had hairy ones as well but my theories are always contradicted the next feed.
I thought it may have something to do with constant temps and larger or frequent meals.
Maybe it is if a snake is unwell--in a "bit under the weather" sort of way, or if there was something not quite right with a food item.

 

[-Matt-]

I don't see it as a nasty habit at all...I think its great when my snakes crap in their waterbowls! It's so much easier and quicker to clean.

 

[diprotodon]

I don't see it as a nasty habit at all...I think its great when my snakes crap in their waterbowls! It's so much easier and quicker to clean.

second that train of thought ,much easier!

 

[syeph8]

never happened with my jungle or CTS but if it did i'd be laughing. pain in the bum getting poo out of and off some of the places they go. just give it a quick wipe and refill it regularly and consider yourself lucky.

 

[Paulie]

i put a piece of astroturf at the bottom of my spotteds enclosure and she poos on that 80% of the time.
how trained is she, and i didnt even do anything. just saw her do it once when a piece fell from the top and she pooed on it. lol

 

[gozz]

smaller waterbowl is the go

 

[Dar1stheory]

I have tried to teach mine to do this regularly but they dont listen lol
Cant always take them outside in time for a dump these days.
Beats wiping it up out of the corners of enclosures.

Some of mine have had hairy ones as well but my theories are always contradicted the next feed.
I thought it may have something to do with constant temps and larger or frequent meals.
Maybe it is if a snake is unwell--in a "bit under the weather" sort of way, or if there was something not quite right with a food item.

Ok, well he has consistently done little white ones, followed by a normal brown one, as if its just the normal digestive process...

He also hadn't eaten (or defacated) for 4 weeks, ate a hald kilo rat 3 days ago now, and I can still see a decent lump where that's sitting...

My stimson also leaves a number of little solid (usually by the time I find them) white nuggets laying around, and then a distinct larger brown poo...

The bredli, well he's just messy in general, likes to smear and make me guess...

 

[J-A-X]

My 3yo Coastal seems to have a nasty habit of crappin in the waterbowl in his enclosure, anyone else noticed this with one of their own?

Also, I've seen something about it on here before, but there's the white lumps in urine, and then there's brown, well, hairy poos... Can someone elaborate on the difference again for me?

He only does the white ones in the water... But consistently, every time he's passed for the last 4 months I've had him...

Thanks guys

white stuff is the left over calcium,(at least thats what i've been told,) and it doesnt dissolve in the water like the brown stuff does, the brown stuff is 90% fur, everything else is digested.... aren't the effecient little things ! !