Always poop in the same spot?

Poop goes where it goes. They have no rhyme or reason.

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Originally Posted by blackcrystal22

He's saying that the enclosure is so large, that the snake is afraid to move out into the open or explore, so it's staying in the same place all of the time, even if it's not the most secure place for him to be.

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Fundamentally I have a hard time understanding this notion. I understand that snakes, like most reptiles, like to have stuff to hide in, but last time I looked outside nature is a bit larger than storage tub...

In their natural environments, do they find a hole to live in and just never leave that hole?

My little female doesn't go in the same location every time, but she had me thinking she was paper-trained for a few minutes! :P

I have a few crumpled up pages of newspaper in her tank, just to use up some empty space, and she happened to poop right on one of the balls of paper. :rolleyes:

I have tubs, and none of my snakes poop or pee in the same place. Often they will even go in their hide (I give each one).

My normal bp poops on the corner of her water bowl every single time...the only & I mean only time she poop somewhere else was when I bought her a new bigger hide...I guess she felt intimidated with the new hide & poop on her hide but besides that only time she poops on the same spot...I have a 60 gallon tank & I have her for over a year now...my lemon has gone on every spot of his enclosure...I guess is just depends on your bp...

Most of the time, he'll poop right smack next to his hide and sometimes in his hide.

I would say no although lately it seems peeing on me is the thing to do in the house! arg.....:colbert:

This varies a lot with the BPs I work with. Some of them seem to go in the same place all the time. For some, the spot is in the hide, for others it is as far from the hide as they can get. Others don't seem to have preferred spots to go in. Same goes for the carpet pythons.