Snake signalling when poop/urine in hide?

[scalrtn]

Maybe it's just my imagination, but I believe my snake gives "signals" when he's fouled the cage ... notably when in one of its two hides..

Specifically, thermometers (both) are turned over, despite being velcro-fastened to the sides of the cage, the climbing branch is laying flat on the cage surface, and the "substrate" - in my case Eco-carpet - is bunched up, and the rectangular water bowl has been re-oriented. The snake, as expected, is in the opposite hide from the one that's been fouled. I can understand how no creature likes to be close to waste matter, but...am I imagining things, or is this just a normal consequence of stress or discomfort?

[LLLReptile]

probably a combination of not wanting to sit in feces and/or your perception of the events.

One possible course of events is that the snake is sitting in the warm area of the cage until it has a bowel movement. No longer feels the need to bask after passing feces, and decides to check out the rest of the cage and eventually cool down by sitting in the cool area, coincidentally, away from the feces.

Some of the snakes here at the breeding center seem to go to great lengths to avoid poop, some will sit right in it, they are all individuals and their reactions to poopin' are all gonna be different.

-Jen

[sakura_noir]

None of my 18 snakes do this, but that doesn't mean that yours isn't doing what you think he's doing. They've all got their own personality quirks and I think that snakes are more intelligent than people give them credit for. It paints a funny picture...snake running away from poop as fast as he can and leaving a trail of destruction on the way to the opposite side of the enclosure

[thegamejr]

I always know when mine make a mess. They will stay on the opposite side and avoid it like the plauge ha

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[CORBIN911]

Exactly as LLL has said they are all diffrent.

I have many such as :

Artists
Nasties(sit in poo)
clean ones just stay away
Potty trained (go at front of tub)
and the Hide huggers They poo then sit on top of a hide!

Luckly i dont have any "hey lets go in the water dish"

[Heeltoeclutch]

Exactly as LLL has said they are all diffrent.

I have many such as :

Artists
Nasties(sit in poo)
clean ones just stay away
Potty trained (go at front of tub)
and the Hide huggers They poo then sit on top of a hide!

Luckly i dont have any "hey lets go in the water dish"

Artists... goodness. :ROFL:

[bcr229]

Luckly i dont have any "hey lets go in the water dish"

I call those potty trained! They get a new water dish and clean water, the contents of the old one go down the toilet, and the dirty dish goes into the dishwasher.

Don't get me started on "artists"...

[Heeltoeclutch]

I call those potty trained! They get a new water dish and clean water, the contents of the old one go down the toilet, and the dirty dish goes into the dishwasher.

Don't get me started on "artists"...

Only problem with water bowlers I'd think is it's trickier to go on holiday or something and leave them for awhile.

I guess I should be open to appreciating new art forms..

[CORBIN911]

Yea easy if they do but i enjoy them not pooing on hot spot also, nothing worse then the cookie urates/poo

[bcr229]

Only problem with water bowlers I'd think is it's trickier to go on holiday or something and leave them for awhile.

Now there's a novel concept...

I would leave multiple water bowls, it's not likely they'd foul two of them over a few days.