Quote Originally Posted by NH93 View Post
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.
Maybe. One lady on youtube (anyone who lurks the video tubes probably knows who I'm talking about) did the same with her carpet python. It only poops outside. I think it's likely the snake learns to associate certain surroundings with doing a certain natural action, and picks up on the habit. I remember reading about one reticulated python who learned part of his enclosure cleaning routine. After his enclosure was cleaned, he would be moved from his holding container back to his cage. After a while, he would just crawl out of the holding container and back into his enclosure without any assistance.