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How do snakes poop?


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Snakes excrete feces from the their underside near the tail.

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Snakes have intestines which process the nutrients from the food. Whatever is undigestible is excreted through the cloaca (opening) about 2/3 down the underside toward the tail.Do you have anymore questions for ChaCha?

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Yes snakes do poop. It doesn't happen often but once they digest something fully they do it like everyone else.

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Yes! All animals excrete wastes. Reptile droppings contain feces and urine and are whitish or yellowish and look chalky when dry.

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Snakes droppings contain both feces and urates, which are often whitish or yellowish and look chalky when dry through the colaca.

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Snakes excrete their waste,both urine and feces mixed together,through one opening,the colaca,located on the snake's underside.

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Snakes have a small hole located about 10-25% up their body from the end of their tail. This is known as a "vent". It is rare.

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Look on the underside near the tail end, there is a small area where the scales are a little different, that is the hole.

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