Question... how often does everybody let excrement sit in their snakes enclosures?

I always wonder about this subject... I am on top of my colony and always have been. Newspaper and 2-4 "roll thru's" on the colony each day. I just can't stand to see them sitting anywhere near their waste... what about others though?

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As soon as i see it I clean. That's never more than a few hours.

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Originally Posted by cletus

As soon as i see it I clean. That's never more than a few hours.

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Originally Posted by cletus

As soon as i see it I clean. That's never more than a few hours.

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Me 3 :)

I check mine twice a day.

Depends.... Usually right when I see it unless I am pairing ,then it might be a day or two.

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As soon as i see it I clean. That's never more than a few hours.

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Well for one thing, it smells - at least with colubrids. I know when I need to clean, even if I can't see it. "Bio-active" is not any kind of excuse either. I use fish water for fertilizing the plants. All snake waste and dirty substrate gets scooped as soon as I know about it.

I'm not the world's fussiest housekeeper, but still...When we had a cat, the litter box was scooped as soon as it was used. I can't stand that sort of filth, nor the smell. I clean the rat CritterNation daily, and I clean up after the canary and budgies daily too. Yes, it takes time, but that is part of living with animals.

I agree with "clean as soon as I see it", easily check twice a day. :)

I check at least once the day. And usually one can smell it, LOL.
Not the smell of roses..

Gets cleaned as soon as discovered.

Like Pit said, though, when pairing or snakes are locked, one should leave the snakes alone...

When I observed my latest pairing I noticed urates in the tub with them. Had to sit on my hands to keep from cleaning it up, LOL.

I use paper as well. I check every morning and change anything needed. I also check before turning in for the night, just so none of the animals have to sit in a mess over night.

My girl takes these massive pees pretty regularly and soaks large portions of the tub floor. I can usually walk by and see condensation on the sides of the tub. Sometimes I get tired of changing out the substrate so often with just 2 snakes. I can't imagine what it's like for keepers with tons of animals. Especially when they do it all themselves. It's def something to take into consideration when you have visions of owning racks and racks full of snakes. lol

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My girl takes these massive pees pretty regularly and soaks large portions of the tub floor. I can usually walk by and see condensation on the sides of the tub. Sometimes I get tired of changing out the substrate so often with just 2 snakes. I can't imagine what it's like for keepers with tons of animals. Especially when they do it all themselves. It's def something to take into consideration when you have visions of owning racks and racks full of snakes. lol

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YUP !!! My girls can flood the tubs. Def. not just "solid" urates. Thats why I like shredded Aspen. It soaks it up long/well enough until I can get to it. Paper towels or one sheet of paper would do nothing for them, they would be soaked in pee.

I just grab all the soaked Aspen and replace it. Since I get Aspen fairly cheap its no big deal.

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YUP !!! My girls can flood the tubs. Def. not just "solid" urates. Thats why I like shredded Aspen. It soaks it up long/well enough until I can get to it. Paper towels or one sheet of paper would do nothing for them, they would be soaked in pee.

I just grab all the soaked Aspen and replace it. Since I get Aspen fairly cheap its no big deal.

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yeah I'll go in the tub and she is chilling out on top of her hide. "Anytime you wanna get in here and clean this up" She is something else.

I also clean as soon as I see it. Their urine is solid (mostly) and bright white, so it's easy to find. Their poopies look like weird shaped substrate (I use Cypress mulch). I've learned that they do a pretty good job hiding it in corners, so I look carefully. I handle my 2 boys daily, so I see it when I hold them and change their water. Like others have said, the more you can notice and pull it out, the less chance for mites and such.

Oh yeah it's hard to not clean out the "lovebirds"... but they get to wait until they're unlocked.

In addition to the regular twice daily cleaning, there's no stink like retic stink when one of them goes. That gets cleaned up ASAP.

As soon as I see it, and I check at least twice a day (more if I'm working from home).

Same as all. As soon as I see it. Even if I want it to skip a time, it's just too stinky 😷 to ignore.

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yeah I'll go in the tub and she is chilling out on top of her hide. "Anytime you wanna get in here and clean this up" She is something else.

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Mine does that too. Anytime I see her on top of her hides I start checking around.

I clean mine immediately without exception. I was taught to treat a snake's enclosure like a newborn's diaper. Never leave it dirty for any amount of time at all.

I see it, I clean it.

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In addition to the regular twice daily cleaning, there's no stink like retic stink when one of them goes. That gets cleaned up ASAP.

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Ugh.. I agree. I don't own a snake that goes as often either.

I LOVE YOUR COMMENTS! You all do my old heart good! Thank you for putting the animals way out in front and keeping them clean!

Monday thru Friday I check once a day. Saturday n Sunday twice a day.

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When I had paper towels I was going through each tub every day and cleaning 1-3 per day. And with paper towels I could immediately smell it as soon as they made a mess. Since I switched to Reptichip everything changed. I can no longer smell it unless they poo really bad and usually only when I open the tub. I dig a hole in the Reptichip in the back of the tub and when they make a mess they climb out of that hole and go up to the front of the cage. Then I take the whole tub out and spot clean the back and wipe it down with Chlorhexidine, dry with paper towels, and put the snake back in the back directly on the tub on the hot spot. I usually feed twice a week and the day after feeding I go through and spray down the substrate and spot clean the cages that need it. I'd say using Reptichip cut down at least 90% of my work cleaning cages and cutting out the smells.

So, here's a question related to this...

If a ball eats once a week, how often is it pooping? I can see the urine being often, but is the poop daily also? Or, is it minimal?

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So, here's a question related to this...

If a ball eats once a week, how often is it pooping? I can see the urine being often, but is the poop daily also? Or, is it minimal?

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Depends on the animal, but it's typically minimal. 2-4 weekly meals for every 1 BM is about what my animals average.

I clean any "messes" as soon as I see them. Believe me, cleaning up after the snakes is a million times easier than cleaning up after 4 ferrets!!

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Originally Posted by CharlesMTF

So, here's a question related to this...

If a ball eats once a week, how often is it pooping? I can see the urine being often, but is the poop daily also? Or, is it minimal?

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My BP will usually poop every 2-3 meals, but occasionally more frequent. His first two poops after coming home with me, were on me, ugggh. He was just hanging out in the front pocket of my hoodie and let out a monster pee/poop combo. About 2 weeks later he was hanging out in the hood of the same sweatshirt and I suddenly caught a whiff, he got me again!! My king, however, seems to poop after almost every meal

I don't know how many of you are on Facebook, but there are some dirty keepers out there... anybody else noticed that type of stuff out there, or just me?

As soon as I see it in there.

I clean mine as soon as i notice it. I check several times a day while i am passing their cages.

I use uline kraft paper so i change out the whole piece with each mess. I disinfect eith lysol wipes to spot clean and then do a thorough cleaning with chlorahexadine.

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Originally Posted by Tom Pecanic

I don't know how many of you are on Facebook, but there are some dirty keepers out there... anybody else noticed that type of stuff out there, or just me?

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I don't spend time on Facebook, but I've noticed it occasionally on classifides. Passed on a lovely cornsnake once. I wanted that beauty, but it was photographed in a filthy tub. What the heck?