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? odd behavior of corn/rat snake
I have a snake recently sold to me as an albino rat snake but someone else said it is a corn snake. It is between 3 and 4 feet(Closer to 4 ft).
A couple days ago I observed it to drink a lot of water, more than I had seen it drink on previous occasions. I came back shortlly and it had defecated and also apparently passed a lot water as the newspaper was soaked around the stool. The stool itself looked normal and was formed with the dark and light parts. I think the snake has done this before, but it defecated next to the water dish and I thought it had just somehow spilled some water.
The snake appears normal in other ways. It is calm when handled , it is alert, an eager feeder, and crawls and climbs about its cage.
I have not seen this behavior in the boa or black rat snake I have owned.
I would like to know if this is cause for alarm or within the realm of 'acceptable" behavior.(He did after all wait for privacy before defecating o> )
thanks in advance for any advice.
Jean
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