Does Your Snake's Poop Stink?

[DML]

Originally Posted by DML

Mouse-fed Aspidelaps s. scutatus feces smell like caramel. Seriously !

Oops ! I made this erroneous post yesterday only to realize later that the thing discovered by a friend in the late 90's was NOT the feces smelling of caramel but the snakes themselves. Also, in fact, the specimens may have been Aspidelaps l. infuscatus. Sorry about the memory lapse. Hope nobody was disappointed by the smell of their shield-nose dung.

[revent]

Just going to update and say gopher snake poo stinks.

[hissykisses]

It's worst with my boa! She keeps pooping in her water bowl and the stink is mighty! Mostly it happens during night and the smell wakes me up and I have to clean it right away or I wouldn't be able to keep sleeping. The ball pythons smell quite a bit too, but when my corn poops I doesn't smell it at all!? Like, it's not as bad as with the others, although he poops a lot!

[Nick V]

My blackheaded python likes to poop in the water dish, flip it over, and also smears it on the glass of her cage and it is pretty repulsive. It is so repulsive that I plan on using new substrate instead of paper to aid in preventing the smell, maybe even come up with a cage designed to prevent her smelly habits some how, if that's even possible haha.

[bigsnakegirl785]

None of my snakes' poops smell anymore. Cloud's poos used to smell kinda bad, and then deadly if he pooped in his water dish, but after switching to rabbits they no longer smell. The first few times they smelled even worse than his rat poo, but after 3-4 feedings that went away. His poops are also smaller now, too.

[CK SandBoas]

Worst smelling is done by all my Hognose......I swear, the smell will knock me over, especially if all 6 of them have left me presents......and usually they will leave me presents 3 straight days after they've eaten...

[PsychoSnake]

So far in this discussion I'm leaning towards colubrids being the most reliably stinky.

[Akuma223]

Don't get me started on the massive dog sized terds my monitor leaves in his water dish for me everyday, far worse than any serpent I've smelled.....