why? WHY??

[rubberduck]

Why do they have to pee the moment i put them in a clean freshly lined cage?

Is it standard practice? Is it like a genetically imprinted trait to punish us?

Sorry for the rant. I love my snakes but i was rubbing for an hour! Do yours do that? What should i do?

[John1982]

Some snakes are just funny like that.

[bcr229]

Quite a few retics do that. My old horse did as well - bring him in from the field where he'd been out all day, because it was supper time, and he'd lift his tail before you got the door to the stall shut.

[ballpythonluvr]

LOL. Happens to me EVERY time after I clean my both of my snakes' tubs! Welcome to the world of snake keeping.

[Darkbird]

Apparently the smell of a clean tub has a laxative effect on some snakes. Usually within 2-24 he's of cleaning a bunch of tubs someone will trash one again.

[rubberduck]

this is organised crime in my eyes.

happens every time...and inside the hide. grrr

[Skiploder]

There is a reason for this.

[BPSnakeLady]

Because snakes will snake? Mine do that too. I'll scrub the tubs, put them in, within 24 hours I get to re-scrub the tubs. I think they find it funny and as soon as we leave the room they snicker to each other about how they're driving us up a wall and planning their next assault on our sanity.

[dr del]

What do you think it is Skip?

I often wonder if it is a scent marking thing.

[Citrus]

Also wondering this.
Gonna hijack the thread for a minute. Can anyone tell me if I'm doing it right? Clean tub, snake messes it up the same day or day later then completely clean tub again? Like after they poo or pee am I supposed to clean the entire tub/disenfect?


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