Quote Originally Posted by elevatethis
The only time I've noticed bp's defacate outside of their enclosure is when they are either in a warm soak, or extremely stressed out during handling for whever reason (removing retained caps, force-feeding, etc). You said you handle him every day...is he very "flighty" when you handle him or does he relax and move slowly?
No, he's very well manored. In this instance we had just taken him out and put him in a large cardboard box and hadn't touched him for about 5 minutes. When we looked back in the box he had "pooped". He is normally very calm and just likes to hang on. Of coarse he's always exploring and will go into the couch if allowed but no, he will just sit with us and has never moved very fast. So you think this could be stress related?