Pee Query!

[Sarbs]

Hi Guys,

Strange query this one but I'm new so excuse me!!

I've had my baby bp for just over a month now + nearly everytime I have him out for handling and a little mooch around he pee's on me! I even found a poo on a little bean bag he'd been on once + last night I had him out he peed on me twice!!!

Does this indicate anything? Over handling? Nervouness or is he just a dirty boy! lol

Thanks for any advice you can give

[Lolo76]

Do you wait 48 hours after feeding before handling him? I took out my new spider last night, about 30 hours after feeding - and he pooped/peed all over my bed. So maybe that has something to do with it??

[pavlovk1025]

They can pee on you as a defensive thing. I had a corn snake that did the same thing for the whole time I had him...needless to say I didnt have him much longer and now have zero love for colubrids...traded him in for a BP.

[Sarbs]

Do you wait 48 hours after feeding before handling him? I took out my new spider last night, about 30 hours after feeding - and he pooped/peed all over my bed. So maybe that has something to do with it??

I fed him Saturday and only normally leave it a day after before handling again so maybe that's the problem! I hope so! Being peed on isn't nice lol
Thanks for the tip!

[CBI]

Have you checked the temperature and humidity levels in her cage? Hot temperatures and low humidity levels will increase water evaporation rates that can cause dehydration which in turn can cause your snakes stools to become pretty dry and hard to pass. If you are getting results out of soaking your snake to get her to poop, try increasing the humidity levels and finding a more suitable temperature for the "warm spot" on her cage. The other side of the story on the "warm spot" is that if your snake is constantly on the warmer side of the cage it could be an indicator that the cage is not warm enough, by her constantly staying next to the heat sourse or on the warmer side of the cage she could be dehydrating by too much heat.

If dehydration is causing your sanke to be constipated..... she is acting no different than a person going on a walk or a run and having the urge too poop during or right after it due to stimulation... I hope this helps!

[pavlovk1025]

Weird, I thought this thread was about a snake peeing on its owner everytime it got taken out.

[Vypyrz]

Weird, I thought this thread was about a snake peeing on its owner everytime it got taken out.

Yeah, I was a little thrown off with that too...

OP, possibly you just need to change your handling technique. If you are letting them crawl through you hands and stuff you are basically putting pressure on their bladder....

[CBI]

Yeah, yeah you got me I posted in the wrong thread, my bad... sorry about that. I was writing on my word pad and actually pasted it in the wrong thread.

[h00blah]

Yeah, yeah you got me I posted in the wrong thread, my bad... sorry about that. I was writing on my word pad and actually pasted it in the wrong thread.

LOL - FAIL

haha im just kidd'n
just bein a jerk

[CBI]

Yeah, I was a little thrown off with that too...

OP, possibly you just need to change your handling technique. If you are letting them crawl through you hands and stuff you are basically putting pressure on their bladder....

I thought snakes didn't have a bladder?