Quote Originally Posted by MasonC2K View Post
Ditto. I came home yesterday to find my pastel sitting on top of his hide. A sign that I needed to clean. Basically, they'll poop where they are but they will move away from it.
Same here. My bp will make a mess inside of her hide, but then will avoid that hide at all costs until I clean it.

I have also noticed that my colubrids almost never defecate inside of their hides (there might be urates near it, but never more than that) and my big creamsicle girl always goes in the exact same spot every time, which is in the corner farthest away from her favorite hide.

In the wild I believe I've read that bps are more wanderers, usually taking shelter in any hole or den they can find, so I suppose that could have something to do with it. It obviously doesn't have anything to do with terrestrial vs. arboreal nature, since bps are just as ground-dwelling as corns and kings, if not more so. I agree with Simple Man that it's probably the activity level, and maybe it could be that if they're kept in the same enclosure long enough they might develop preferred areas where they know they won't be laying on it later.

I guess it doesn't really matter in the end... as long as the whole cycle of feeding and pooping is going on that's the main thing