Colubrids vs Boids - Intelligence

[ViperSRT3g]

On another forum I peruse, someone has said that they seemed to have 'trained' their corn snake to poop in a specific garbage can. According to this source, what he intially did was take the snake out and hold it over said garbage can (I can't remember the colour of it... may or may not factor in) and wait for it to do it's thing. He did it for weeks, and apparently the snake only goes in the garbage can now.

My guess is he got it out and moving around to get the bowls going, then held it over the can and waited, and continued doing so for several weeks as he said. BUT the snake no longer goes in its vive, apparently. Even if he feeds it two meals, or doesn't take it out 'to poop' on the normally scheduled day to do so (my guess is about 3 days after eating).

Unfortunately I can't find the thread, and it was a few months ago... so I could be getting some details mixed up.

Regardless, what do you all think about that?

I think it is possible! Like, if you kept on a schedule as you would with feeding. It's a fun idea anyways kind of like litter training... ish.

I've always hoped it would be possible to train snakes to do certain small tasks on their own. Potty training being a key thing. Imagine only having to clean up a small area of your tank because it's the "poop corner" or not at all because your snake poops in the garbage or the toilet? Or not having to worry about your snake pooping on you? That's happened to me a couple of times :[