not that i've noticed. Once I get a whiff of a icky smell, I usually find a poopie in the cage.


they can give off an odor from their anal gland..so ive read, its like a defense mechenism, a fourm I visited suggested water snakes do it often. If pythons do it...I dunno.

the humdity really brings out the smell of any fecal matter left in my cage...remember the larger your snake gets the larger their 'droppings' get so with that you can kind of expect what smells will arise from your enclosure.

I use astro turf for Khan, newspaper for Lola and shredded newspaper for my rats. I cant stand the smell of shavings. yuck!