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stinky poo

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tyretosmom

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Tonight while I was holding Lucky he pooped on me, but for some reason It was smelly! I don't ever remember his viv smelling that bad. why would this be?

Jaimee
 
could be the flavour of mouse he ate - different food composition will tend to lead to different poop composition, however...

smelly poop is also a common method of detecting internal parasites in some animals, i.e. poop smells much worse with the presence of some parasites

finally, in the viv - I am guessing there is some substrate to absorb the smell/liquid component, and also you won't always find the poop as soon as it is done, so it will harden slightly and smell less. Hence it could be that this poop smells like all the others but you are not used to smelling it so close and fresh.

Skye
 
No parasites :D took them into the vet and had them check just in case. Could be because I jumped up to fuzzies. But I never though of it "drying up" in the viv.

Jaimee
 
I've made the same observations before as Skye. Our Okee has crapped on me (or nearly on me) three times now and her poos are rather pungent. :awcrap:

I think the reason it doesn't smell as strong in the viv. is because of the Repti-bark which does a fantastic job of absorbing the odor. Also, our snakes usually defecate at night. When I spot clean in the morning, the poo has had plenty of time to mellow out, whereas when you get a fresh load dropped in your lap it's at its most potent and toxic levels. (oh joy)

Fortunalely our little poopster doesn't deficate as frequently now that she's on fuzzys. They take longer to digest and have made her poo cycle more regular.

Cheers,
Jason
 
even simpler?

I agree with Cav in that I have yet to meet a pile 'o poo that I found anything but offensive, but I think there could be more going on here than just the snake defecating and it smelling bad.

Virtually every species of snake has glands associated with its cloaca (vent) that are capable of emitting "musk," a foul-smelling chemical compound. These secretions can be used by snakes in finding mates, locating den sites, and most commonly deterring predators. Long story short, sometimes when a snake is scared or startled it will "musk you," and generally feces is associated with what comes out. Just a thought...
 
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CAV said:
Umm, is there a varieity of non-smelly poop that I'm not aware of?
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LOL!!!

Did I forget to mention that everytime one of our Corn farts I find roses growing inside the viv. :D

Cheers,
Jason
 
I think the poo smells worse when it is fresh and wet. Once it dries, I don't think the smell is as strong.

I also noticed that it looks more or less like clear liquid with some dark stuff in it when wet, but when dry it turns yellowish and crusty. (Yup gross.....but thats what I've observed).
 
I just dont remember it smelling that bad in the viv but I guess because when i spot clean it its dried up.
Normally I wouldn't worry about the smell but it was all over me and my comforter!:puke01: and as if that wasn't bad enough it was on my side!:awcrap: I still love my stinky little guy though!:D
 
I think it has to do with what you are feeding them. Our baby corns, eating pinkies, don't really smell much. As soon as we move them to a larger size, particularly at hoppers, the smell becomes quite bad. When our three adults have a movement, it damn near forces us out of our apartment! (All have been checked for parasites at their yearly check ups. Negative of course)

Just get used to it. When they go, you'll smell it.
 
I used to keep several corns indoors, I would come home from work and the wife would tell me," one of your F***ing have c***ed, and it have made me feel ill all day". I wouldn't be able to smell much when I got though, so the smell must go away after a short time:rolleyes:
Hence I now have a shed out side, well away from the house.:D to keep my snakes in:D
 
My corn's poo is nastier smelling than usual when I feed her on day old chicks. It is truly rank. But I'm having trouble getting hold of mice at the moment, so it'll have to do in the meantime.

:: puts peg over nose ::
 
It sounds fowl........but if you don't have mice, you'll have to wing it.......
 
These posts are making me glad I've switched to a much more 'airy' tank before bumping up the prey size this weekend.. the rubbermaids sure hold the smell in, ready for you to take off the lid :sidestep:

Just be glad it's not iguana poop. Corn snake's is much tamer :eek1:
 
tyretosmom said:
No parasites :D took them into the vet and had them check just in case. Could be because I jumped up to fuzzies. But I never though of it "drying up" in the viv.
Jaimee
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Moving up to Fuzzys from 'baldies' expect a pretty hideous smell increase...
Digestion involves oxidizing (or burning, albeit slowly).. So you are in fact adding burning hair to the equation! That is bound to smell nasty. :angry01:
 
feathers too

Just A Beginner said:
My corn's poo is nastier smelling than usual when I feed her on day old chicks. It is truly rank. But I'm having trouble getting hold of mice at the moment, so it'll have to do in the meantime.

:: puts peg over nose ::
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My guess is feathers are probably worse??:angry01:
 
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