Toilet Snakes - Page 2

RevMojo · #21 (**permalink**) 01-07-2009, 07:47 PM

I sell toilets and toilet flanges, among other things, for a living. The sewer pipe your toilet connects to is typically 3 or 4 inches, although the diameter of the trapway in the toilet itself is around 2", with the largest being only 2 3/8". As Icicle pointed out, once they move through the trap, there's not a lot of water they have to deal with, as the pipes are designed to drain, not sit full of water and whatever else.

We should all e-mail Mythbusters to see if we can get this on the next viewer choice show. I think it comes out as plausible yet unlikely.

fuglyfarmhand · #22 (**permalink**) 01-07-2009, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by RevMojo

I sell toilets and toilet flanges, among other things, for a living. The sewer pipe your toilet connects to is typically 3 or 4 inches, although the diameter of the trapway in the toilet itself is around 2", with the largest being only 2 3/8". As Icicle pointed out, once they move through the trap, there's not a lot of water they have to deal with, as the pipes are designed to drain, not sit full of water and whatever else.
We should all e-mail Mythbusters to see if we can get this on the next viewer choice show. I think it comes out as plausible yet unlikely.

I was talkin the drain tube off the toilet not where the wax ring goes. No disrespect. Is mythbusters gonna deal with this sort of thing? Thought the bald guy(been a while since I saw it) was scared of snakes.
Be cool if they did tho.

vfoerster · #23 (**permalink**) 01-07-2009, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by RevMojo

I sell toilets and toilet flanges, among other things, for a living. The sewer pipe your toilet connects to is typically 3 or 4 inches, although the diameter of the trapway in the toilet itself is around 2", with the largest being only 2 3/8". As Icicle pointed out, once they move through the trap, there's not a lot of water they have to deal with, as the pipes are designed to drain, not sit full of water and whatever else.
We should all e-mail Mythbusters to see if we can get this on the next viewer choice show. I think it comes out as plausible yet unlikely.

Yes that is correct. Most of the piping in the walls goes down to 2 or 2 3/8 just depends on how much sanitary equipment you have in the home. I have built a 2 story house with 5 bathrooms in it and it still only had three for the bathrooms but went to 6 after the house. The down spout on a toilet is 3 inches but gets a reducer soon after that. Plus the piping in the actual toilet if you ever broke one in have is pretty small through the porcelain. Enough of mine I think it might be possible but like most people have said highly unlikely.

RevMojo · #24 (**permalink**) 01-07-2009, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by vfoerster

Plus the piping in the actual toilet if you ever broke one in [half] is pretty small through the porcelain.

That'd be the "trapway" I mentioned. The American Standard Champion 4 has the largest trapway on the market at 2 3/8", and the average is around 2". If I recall correctly, as long as the snakes head fits through a hole, the rest of it will, too.

By the way, toilet snakes are an entirely different product. If your snake tried to escape out your toilet and got stuck, you'd use a toilet snake to unclog your john.

Xeikeness · #25 (**permalink**) 01-07-2009, 08:53 PM

I'll have to disagree with you on one point, Rev.

A number of my snakes get themselves "stuck in places, because they can't fit through where their head can. One tried so hard to make it so, that it took three people (two to hold), a dremmel, and a pair of wire cutters to get a bucket handle off of her middle. Sure taught me to supervise my critters better!

Snake's heads are much more flexible than their bodies, and most snakes (with the exception of colubrids) get MUCH thicker around their midsection.

I do know what a PIPE snake is. :P We have one upstairs because our shower keeps getting clogged...................... I'm always the one to clean it out, because then there's no evidence that the stuff clogging the drain is monitor skin shreds and dog fur. >.>

If I'm the one to clean it out, I can shrug and say, "Hair and soap skum" and none's the wiser. o.o'

Icicle · #26 (**permalink**) 01-07-2009, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by RevMojo

We should all e-mail Mythbusters to see if we can get this on the next viewer choice show. I think it comes out as plausible yet unlikely.

Do it I want to see then try it.

John_White · #27 (**permalink**) 01-07-2009, 09:17 PM

Heck, no more than five minutes ago I saw a huge, funny looking brown snake in the toilet. It had a corn like dorsal pattern, tomato skin venter and 13 eyes that looked like black beans. Dang musk from that critter would gag a skunk.

fuglyfarmhand · #28 (**permalink**) 01-07-2009, 11:38 PM

lol.

-KB- · #29 (**permalink**) 01-08-2009, 03:33 AM

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Originally Posted by John_White

Heck, no more than five minutes ago I saw a huge, funny looking brown snake in the toilet. It had a corn like dorsal pattern, tomato skin venter and 13 eyes that looked like black beans. Dang musk from that critter would gag a skunk.

TammyJamaica · #30 (**permalink**) 01-08-2009, 07:00 PM

Most interesting discussion.

To go a little further with this excellent and thought-provoking thread, I might mention that in fact, despite its notoriously reclusive and short-lived existence, the Normal Toilet Snake, (unlike its far more sinister, muskier, morphed relatives that sink immediately and ominously to the bottom and stay disturbingly there) is perfectly adapted to its natural environment, is light in coloration, and as previously remarked upon by JW, has an astonishing and distinguished variety of pendular accroutrements. And it floats.

-KB- · #31 (**permalink**) 01-09-2009, 05:00 AM

Well this one went downhill pretty quick....

Xeikeness · #32 (**permalink**) 01-09-2009, 10:11 AM

No kidding. o.o'

Ah well, all in good fun. lol

Ophiophilia · #33 (**permalink**) 02-12-2009, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by John_White

Heck, no more than five minutes ago I saw a huge, funny looking brown snake in the toilet. It had a corn like dorsal pattern, tomato skin venter and 13 eyes that looked like black beans. Dang musk from that critter would gag a skunk.

LMAO, Awesome.

TammyJamaica · #34 (**permalink**) 02-13-2009, 04:44 PM

Well, I asked my boa Miasma, why would snakes go into toilets at all, and he hissed at me and sneered: "Because They are There!"

Vypyrz · #35 (**permalink**) 04-08-2009, 03:17 AM

My toilet snakes likes to lay in there soaking with it's head poked out of the water, staring at me with those mean looking eyes, that look remarkably like peanuts.... creepy.

I vote... possible

razeraze · #36 (**permalink**) 04-11-2009, 01:57 AM

Lock your cages!

Snake Found in Toilet - Baltimore News, Weather, Breaking News | WMAR-TV

TERRORISED.. BY A 10FT TOILET SNAKE - mirror.co.uk

Gorham Woman Finds Snake In Washing Machine - Portland News Story - WMTW Portland

Kingy · #37 (**permalink**) 04-14-2009, 10:01 PM

If you dont belive in toilet snakes..................

................... youve got nothing to worry about then have you

TammyJamaica · #38 (**permalink**) 04-15-2009, 07:36 PM

I thought this topic had been flushed.

It seems to have re-emerged with a vengeance. Sometimes no matter how many times you try to flush, the darn thing keeps coming back. Sheeesh!!!

razeraze · #39 (**permalink**) 04-24-2009, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by TammyJamaica

I thought this topic had been flushed.
It seems to have re-emerged with a vengeance. Sometimes no matter how many times you try to flush, the darn thing keeps coming back. Sheeesh!!!

Tammy seeing how few people voted "true" makes me want to keep this going. People need to be aware how damaging it is to our lifestyle if any reptiles get loose and are found by authorities or frightened people.

TammyJamaica · #40 (**permalink**) 04-27-2009, 02:38 PM

Raze you are totally right, all fun aside.

We need to protect our snakes by making sure they cannot get out of their enclosures!

In fact, this nearly happened to us last night.

Two of our Ball Pythons were brought downstairs to be fed in the "feeding box" on the patio. The first one ate and was returned to his tank upstairs after it was cleaned out. The second one ate and I told my son to make sure to take him up when he was going up again to his room. I then went to bed.

This morning I find th feeding box in the same place I had left it with the snake still curled up, sleeping in the early morning sun with a full belly.

The top of the box was loose.

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