Garter poos in water dish--always

[anji1971]

So, my other problem was his apparent lack of appetite. I remember I have not had his light on over his cage for about 7-10 days. Do you think that is it? Temperature is about 74-76F for the past 7 days also. Perhaps temp is a bit low?

You could try raising the temps a bit, but I know mine are nearly constantly at the 75/76F range. I just have a heat mat at one end of each tank, which they rarely use, and I've never had an eating issue yet, even with the new babies.
It's always worth a try, though!

[infernalis]

I maintain the whole reptile room at a steady 77-80 and use no heat, they all eat like piggies

A sneaky trick is to try and feed when it is either raining out or a storm is blowing in, Garters have a built in "barometric pressure sensor" since prey is plentiful after a rain.

[Loren]

I keep my reptile room between 77-84 during the summer, and 72 - 84 winter. I have 4" flexwatt for many of the snakes, and the rest are at ambient.

[Charlet_2007]

all my snakes poop in there water.. try having a 8 foot 25+ pound red tail that took a small rabbit and then about 4 days later left a nice one about the size of my fist in the water.. think god its in the water and not in the tank..

[infernalis]

Boid poo is so much better to clean than Colubrid poo hands down...

Eek an unintended poo pun

Really, I wish all my snakes turds were like the pythons poo..

[crzy_kevo]

i found problalby the largest garter poo in the water dish today and i was glad it was in there rather than the substrate

[Snake lover 3-25]

lol i hate spot cleaning!!!!

[Loren]

all my snakes poop in there water.. try having a 8 foot 25+ pound red tail that took a small rabbit and then about 4 days later left a nice one about the size of my fist in the water.. think god its in the water and not in the tank..

Whats really nice is when that happens on the first day of a 3 day vacation in the summer, so it gets to sit and stink up the house for you until you get home.

[Garter_Gertie]

My poo doesn't stink. At least the poo I get on my hands and the turdlettes in the tank. And that's all the poo I know about.

[bulrush]

You could try raising the temps a bit, but I know mine are nearly constantly at the 75/76F range. I just have a heat mat at one end of each tank, which they rarely use, and I've never had an eating issue yet, even with the new babies.
It's always worth a try, though!

Thanks. When his light is on his tank gets to 80F each day. His light has been on since Monday and each day I offer him one minnow, but no takers yet. I am now leaving one small water dish for pooping, and one for the live minnow.