Re: Least smelly snake breeds (Are Colubrids off the table?)
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Originally Posted by
Tinyballs
Corns and Colubrids in general have always seemed like they are much worse to me....
BUT....there's a lot of different opinions here so.....
Really, the only way to settle this at this point is to have an old fashioned "Poo Off".
Someone will have to compare each freshly produced sample.
I for one, am out. Any volunteers?
I look forward to the results of the "poo off" :rofl:
Re: Least smelly snake breeds (Are Colubrids off the table?)
I would like to note that garters' urine and feces smell differently depending on what they've been eating lately. A diet heavier on the fish will produce a distinctly fishy smell while a worm heavy diet will leave them peeing and pooping more frequently but with a more subtle smell.
The smell of snakes' poo will also be affected by how often they choose to go. The ball python is somewhat smellier when he poops now that he tends to go monthly versus when he went weekly. The urine has very little scent while the garters' urine has somewhat more scent that as long as they're not on a very heavily fish diet, I would best describe as slightly musty. The slight musty smell is not particularly unpleasant or anything, so it's a non-issue.
Opossums have the smelliest mammal poo out of the many I've frequently smelled. Ducks have the smelliest bird poo. This of course is assuming good digestive health and comparing the standard smells. Source: have smelled lots of wildlife poop at rehab center.
Re: Least smelly snake breeds (Are Colubrids off the table?)
" Would like to note that garters' urine and feces smell differently depending on what they've been eating lately. "
I rescued a BIG striped garter from the neighbor's lawnmower about a month ago, he was out sunning himself on their lawn and slithered into their garage. He bit me at least 10 times before he calmed down and musked me good. I knew I was going to get a little musk from it but ....OH MY GAWD!
I washed my hands for an hour straight afterwards and could STILL smell it.
Judging by the area, his diet was largely toads and frogs.
I love being known as "The crazy guy next door who will handle snakes". XD
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It sounds like we have a few volunteers for the 1st annual Ball-pythons.net "Poo off"
We should get some T-shirts made.....
Re: Least smelly snake breeds (Are Colubrids off the table?)
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Originally Posted by
Tinyballs
" Would like to note that garters' urine and feces smell differently depending on what they've been eating lately. "
I rescued a BIG striped garter from the neighbor's lawnmower about a month ago, he was out sunning himself on their lawn and slithered into their garage. He bit me at least 10 times before he calmed down and musked me good. I knew I was going to get a little musk from it but ....OH MY GAWD!
I washed my hands for an hour straight afterwards and could STILL smell it.
Judging by the area, his diet was largely toads and frogs.
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It sounds like we have a few volunteers for the 1st annual Ball-pythons.net "Poo off"
We should get some T-shirts made.....
Lol, well musking is a bit of a different issue than just pooping since it does involve purposeful stink from the musk glands. I've yet to have the questionable pleasure of smelling it, even from the wild ones I've held. I've also never had the similarly questionable pleasure to smell a frog and toad fed garter's poo, but if I had to guess, I'd probably bet on it being equal or worse than fish-fed.
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Originally Posted by
zina10
The "Art and Science" of Poo...
:)
Somehow my boyfriend is unimpressed by my ability to identify various species of animals by poo scent...I can't imagine why.
Re: Least smelly snake breeds (Are Colubrids off the table?)
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Originally Posted by
Kcl
I've yet to have the questionable pleasure of smelling it, even from the wild ones I've held. I've also never had the similarly questionable pleasure to smell a frog and toad fed garter's poo, but if I had to guess, I'd probably bet on it being equal or worse than fish-fed. .
Trust me, you don't want to.
Somewhere between a mix of roadkill and diarrhea.
:puke2:
Re: Least smelly snake breeds (Are Colubrids off the table?)
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Originally Posted by
Tinyballs
Trust me, you don't want to.
Somewhere between a mix of roadkill and diarrhea.
:puke2:
100% faith on that one. I tap out somewhere after week old, maggot-ridden vulture leftovers (of which the deer was the worst because it was huge), but it took me years to get there and I don't really need more smells to fill in the high-end of that scale. At least it shoved most poo down to the middle of the scale so I no longer really care. :hmm:
