Toilet training a python?

[Mortevicar]

Hi all

Ursula, my BHP goes to the bathroom to defecate on Day 5 after she eats and is on the grass. No ifs, buts or maybes! And she does it all without Metamucil!

Its been fine as it is summer and the weather is ok, but I was wondering if anyone does anything to stop them defecating in their enclosure and mimic what you can do in the warmer months? I heard some python owners in Melbourne grab a large click-clack with fake turf on the bottom and then clean it up.

Any thoughts would be great.

Thanks
Morris

 

[RedFox]

There is no such thing as toilet training a python. It is the movement that makes them defecate. During winter I either let him poo in his enclosure, let him slither on the lino where it is easy to clean up or put down a plastic play mat and let him slither on that.

One of my python's favourite tricks is waiting until I have cleaned his enclosure and "exercised" him then put him back in his enclosure, and then he deciding to defecate. So if you figure out a way to toilet train them let me know.

 

[Snapped]

I think it comes down to timing, if you know they go roughly 5 days after a feed, take them outside and let them have a slither around.

Reb01, theres no need to be sarcastic.

 

[borntobnude]

5-6 days after feeding our coastal we put her out the back on the lawn give it 10 minutes and ALL DONE ,take her back inside to a clean enclosure !!