A question about droppings

[antsterr]

I was wondering if anyone knows what causes this.
I notice that corn snake dropping are usually a one half white and one half black. is this what's left of the rodents bones as well as regular poo? or is there something else that causes this sort of yin and yang poo phenomena?

 

[viktoria333]

In birds I am told it is kidney excretia,I'm not sure about snakes,but the white part could possibly be this?It means your snakes organs are working properly!

 

[stormi]

I was wondering if anyone knows what causes this.
I notice that corn snake dropping are usually a one half white and one half black. is this what's left of the rodents bones as well as regular poo? or is there something else that causes this sort of yin and yang poo phenomena?

yea..mine snakes feces looks white/black. uke01:

 

[PtDnsr]

The white part is the urates and the black part is the poo.

~Katie

 

[~slither~]

My guess would be that the white is the little bones crushed up, and the black is the hair off the food. Peel the black stuff apart and its fluffy.

 

[SnakeLuvrs]

The white part is the urates and the black part is the poo.

~Katie

thats what my first thought was.... but when the poo dries the white stuff dries to a powder like substance...would snake "urine" do that

 

[PtDnsr]

thats what my first thought was.... but when the poo dries the white stuff dries to a powder like substance...would snake "urine" do that

It's not urine in the sense that we think of it (liquid). It's the snakes form of expelling the waste that we expel in urine (hence the urates - variation on urine). My corns have the splat of urates but my ball pythons urates are basically white poo - great for cleaning tanks. I don't know the exact scientific processes but I can try to find it somewhere if anyone wants me to.

~Katie

 

[SnakeLuvrs]

It's not urine in the sense that we think of it (liquid). It's the snakes form of expelling the waste that we expel in urine (hence the urates - variation on urine). My corns have the splat of urates but my ball pythons urates are basically white poo - great for cleaning tanks. I don't know the exact scientific processes but I can try to find it somewhere if anyone wants me to.

~Katie

im good... i dont need a play by play of how my snake poops


thanks though