Do any of you...

Alright, so I clean my snake bins every time they poop, or if they make a mess while eating. I'll take them out, either keep them on my wrist or put them in a box while I wipe down stuff, and then they go right back in.

And poop.

It never fails. So now I've taken to taking the snake out, putting it back in and waiting for the load to drop, and then I'll go in and clean stuff, but it doesn't always work. Sometimes they're just too smart for me and will hold it in until there's fresh bedding. And even if I wait a few days to see if it's just a timing thing, and they've really gotta go, the little doo doo heads hold it in. I've waited a week before, and nothing. So I cleaned, and there it was! I can only imagine that they're doing it out of spite.

Out of the ten bps I own, four do this, and three do it sometimes.

Do any of you have this problem? If you do, how do you deal with it (i.e. trick them so they don't poop all over your nice clean work)?

You might try letting them swim in a little bit of warm water before putting them back in their enclosures. I tend to think it is the snakes movement that works the butt rockets into launch position...

That's hilarious. My cat does the same thing..he watches me clean his litter box & just can't wait to [poop] it all up again. I bet he chuckles to himself while droping a load when I'm done.

The fastest way to get a Ball to poop is to clean its tub..It never fails that as soon as they get fresh clean paper pop goes the weasel they go and dirty it all up.. :D

hes showing u that he approves the clean tub :gj:

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Originally Posted by Freakie_frog

The fastest way to get a Ball to poop is to clean its tub..It never fails that as soon as they get fresh clean paper pop goes the weasel they go and dirty it all up.. :D

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I had a pastel that insisted on relieving himself on the Accu-Rite. He destroyed 4 in 3 months. The last one was even velcro'd to the side of the tub and he still managed to pee on it. That's when I started calling them the Accu-Poo...

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Originally Posted by Vypyrz

I tend to think it is the snakes movement that works the butt rockets into launch position...

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Freakin hilarious!!!!

It's wicked funny, but at the same time it's maddening. I swear, if a snake could smirk, they'd all be smirking on cleaning day. It's like they're all playdough machines, with their tails in crank position when I go in there to clean them.

The fun ones are the ones that make poop soup.. Nothing like a big ole steaming butt nugget in the water bowl..

Hey, would you like to use the bathroom on a nasty gross toilet? Lol

I guess they just like everything nice and fresh before they drop a load :P

BTW: I HATE poop soup!!!!