Garters smelly?

[Stefan-A]

I guess I'll have to start setting people straight, then.

[zooplan]

...and you have to become very firm in it...
this seems to be an never ending story

[Thamnophis]

About 50% of the food is fish in my "gartergarden"
If I clean out the enclosures regularly I have no smell-problem.

[jasuncle1972]

I don't know if any of you have run into that claim or if you agree with it or not, but it is often repeated. Apparently a fish diet is supposed to make their poo smell especially bad. The only time I've had a bad smell experience with my snakes, was when I used paper towels as substrate, but then again, the corn I had was just as bad. Maybe even worse.

Is there any truth to it at all? Has anybody noticed anything like that?

I've noticed that if I feed each snake a large amount of fish that they smell.