Fish only diet = smellier poo?

[Invisible Snake]

Since the issues with rodentpro I have delayed ordering pinks and have been feeding my garters f/t silversides and live feeder fish for the past 3-4 weeks and have noticed that their enclosures have been extra smelly lately. Is it because they are defecating more or is it because a fish only diet produces smellier poo? (Btw I clean their enclosures once a week)

[kibakiba]

Yeah, fish makes for really stinky poop. I notice it a lot if I give everyone fish treats.

[snake man]

Oh, i should switch to worms... that might be the problem :O

[kibakiba]

Worms can cause somewhat smelly poo, also... Not as much as fish, though.

[chris-uk]

With fish in the diet it helps with spot cleaning - you know there's something fresh in there that you need to find.
I've noticed fish tends to be smellier but not terribly offensive.

[kibakiba]

You should have smelled Snap and Ember's poop. It smelled like year old moldy salmon.

[Selkielass]

Silversides are the worst in my experience. Salmon and tilapia smell a bit less. Worms vary. Fresh garden worms aren't bad, but that bad batch I got from walmart (the one that gave all my snakes dysentery) caused a stench like nothing I've smelled before.

In general I've found fresher going in = less stinky coming out.

[Thamnophis]

When feeding fish you have to clean the terrarium more often. And like Chris-UK says... spot cleaning helps a lot. And also keeping the substrate very dry and absorbent helps.

[Stefan-A]

What the hell is wrong with your noses? The only time there's any sort of smell, is when there's a fresh pile of rodent-based ****.

[ConcinusMan]

Hmm.... I experience just the opposite. Not only does a rodent diet produce less ****, but also it's more solid and not near as stinky as with worms/fish. After a large meal of fish and/or worms, I don't even have to check the enclosure to know it's time to clean up; I can smell it from across the room!