Potty training for a gopher snake?

Question

My gopher pet snake tends to relieve himself in a corner of the cage where it's really hard to clean up, is there any way I could get him to do it somewhere else?

"Pet gopher snake", not "gopher pet snake". Stupid typos

Answer 1

Make the section of the cage the snake is using inaccessable for about 3-4 days after each feeding. Your snake will have no choice but to choose a different spot to relieve itself and after about 5-7 feedings the new spot will become habit and the old spot will be abandoned.

Answer 2

An alternative explanation is that he was in the bath searching for water as, after 5 days without water, he may be a bit thirsty. On a sepereate, but perhaps more pressing matter, finding him will be tricky, but there are a few tricks you can employ: 1. leave a defrosted rodent out somewhere (perhaps the bath tub) and leave some warm hides around where the food is (try single use hand warmers to do this). He may be drawn in to the food, and will then look for a warm cosy place to go to digest his meal, where you can hopefully find him. 2. Snakes will tend to follow along walls and furniture when moving about. Wherever you have tiled floors, sprinkle some flour in these places, and keep an eye out for tracks to monitor his movements, and hopefully be lead to him. If you dont have tiles, you can sprinkle flour on card or paper, though he is likely to crawl around or underneath this. 3. Take the house apart. He'll be well hidden in the very last place you check.

Answer 3

Snakes cannot really be trained to do much. I would suggest a redesign to make the corners of the cage easier to clean.

Perhaps a different cage liner?

Answer 4

Probably not. Snakes can't really be trained to do anything.

Answer 5

ha have fun with that one

Answer 6

I don't think there is anything you can do about that.