Hi everyone we have had drake 4 weeks fed him three pinkys. He is a 05 hatchling and he is in a 30gal tank with uth at 90 deg at glass also red heat light 83 deg air temp hot side. 68-72 cool side he is eating fine he wanders around at nite regulating in his three hides. I have keepers choice shreded bark.I have yet to find poop unless he is pooping under ground also no smell My question is how often to change substrate thanks Tom
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wheres the poop
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KatieL
Sienna, Trogdor & Melony
Hi, welcome to the forums!
Sometimes when you have a hatchling, their poops are so tiny they are hard to see (especially if the bark is dark colored), and oftentimes will go unnoticed. When it was tough for me to see my hatchling's poop, I would change her substrate about once a month...or maybe every 2 to 3 weeks, if I was really concerned about missing a few of them. You just want to make sure that the snake isn't crawling around in its own feces. As they get bigger the poop gets MUCH easier to find. If your snake is not a hatchling then you may want to check for signs of impaction or constipation. Good luck!
Sometimes when you have a hatchling, their poops are so tiny they are hard to see (especially if the bark is dark colored), and oftentimes will go unnoticed. When it was tough for me to see my hatchling's poop, I would change her substrate about once a month...or maybe every 2 to 3 weeks, if I was really concerned about missing a few of them. You just want to make sure that the snake isn't crawling around in its own feces. As they get bigger the poop gets MUCH easier to find. If your snake is not a hatchling then you may want to check for signs of impaction or constipation. Good luck!
MegF.
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You should adjust your heat down to about 82-85 for the uth, and you probably don't need the red lamp, although with multiple hides, it might be fine. As Katie mentioned, the small poops they have with pinkies is easily hidden even in light colored substrate like aspen, and is all but MIA with dark substrate like bark. That was one of the reasons I switched from bark. My older corns even manage to hide the occasional poop in the substrate when they burrow. No matter how much I pick out, when I clean the viv every couple of months, there's always something on the very bottom! They are masters of poopy disguise I usually completely clean out the viv every couple of months and spot clean the rest of the time.
I usually completely clean out the viv every couple of months and spot clean the rest of the time.
SnakeAround
Formerly Blutengel
I follow the same method' as Meg! I've my vivs with wood beech chips and one with aspen 'cause my yellow rat had respiratory problems on the chips. My adult corns all poo on the chips, so it's easily found. In the aspen it's more burried sometimes but when I smell something in the viv ( I open the vivs 2 times a day) I just search till the poo is found. My '05 corns poo can be found like half of the time when just checking the viv out. Not-found poo gets out when I do the big cleaning. They've so much space I do think it's ok to do so.
