Are you SERIOUS?

So im cleaning out my two snake tanks (one corn, one BP) and i spend ALL day getting them spick and span because im a neat freak when it comes to snake enclosures:yes: and by the time the sun goes down i have them both back at home and looking for food..just as i am about to leave and make myself some grub i check the temps and humidity one last time only to find....they both have NO remorse for my hard efforts and decided to lay huge craps that resemble the ones i JUST cleaned up! Its like they poop to signal the cleaning process but save some up to mock me with afterwards! Im beaten...:grabbed:

The joy of owning snakes. Why did it take you all day to clean two tanks though (unless that's an exaggeration)?

There are two certainties in this world: water your garden and it will rain, clean your snakes and they will poop.

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Originally Posted by Daybreaker

The joy of owning snakes. Why did it take you all day to clean two tanks though (unless that's an exaggeration)?

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Originally Posted by John1982

There are two certainties in this world: water your garden and it will rain, clean your snakes and they will poop.

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Both of these ^^^ X2...

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They prob did it out of spite since it took you all day to clean their tanks. Hahaha!

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Originally Posted by dssims89

Its like they poop to signal the cleaning process but save some up to mock me with afterwards! Im beaten...:grabbed:

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I actually believe that may have some basis, not the mocking part, but that they defecate because they feel their surroundings are now clean and ok for defecation. I have noticed something like that myself in my snakes.

Happens to me every time

Try soaking them before you place them in their clean home. Mine usually will go while swimming in the bath tub.

Mine do that also, everytime im done i turn around and there it is.....poop. It happens to the best of us, luckily tubs are alot easier to clean than tanks.

I would advise against soaking as this can cause more problems for the snake, its not needed.

Actually that does happen quite often, One theory I've heard was that they do it so that it smells familiar. Snakes are creatures of smell, and they can be nervous in completely clean enclosures because it doesn't smell like home. I don't know if that's true or not, but they do crap in freshly cleaned cages a lot. Maybe next time don't clean quite so well so that not all of their familiar scents are removed?