Essential oil Diffuser?

[NOLAcuber]

My mom is gonna come visit for a week. She's gonna be staying in my bedroom with my ball python, and wants to use an oil diffuser. It help her sleep.
The oil is cederwood. I know ceder is toxic to repti's but not sure if this cederwood oil would cause her any harm. I don't want to intentionally poison my snake. Thanks

[bcr229]

Not just no but oh hell no. I wouldn't use it even for me, cedar oil is often sold as an insecticide and fungicide for gardens.

[JodanOrNoDan]

Not just no but oh hell no. I wouldn't use it even for me, cedar oil is often sold as an insecticide and fungicide for gardens.

This ^^^ and this ^^^ again. Really bad idea. Dead snake.

[NOLAcuber]

Oh wow, that's fun. She'll have to use lavender or vanilla. Thank you and I will let her know to stop using it.

[SiXandSeven8ths]

Educate yourselves.

https://www.organicfacts.net/health-...ntial-oil.html

[bcr229]

Educate yourselves.

https://www.organicfacts.net/health-...ntial-oil.html

All of which is fine for mammals, not so much for reptiles, especially snakes which only have one lung.

[mlededee]

I would absolutely not diffuse any essential oils in the same room with reptiles of any kind. I do use a diffuser in my own home, but it is on the opposite end of the house from my reptiles and I do not diffuse any tree oils or citrus oils. Your mom could put a few drops of lavender on a cotton ball and place that on her pillow instead of diffusing the oil. I would consider that to be safe (no cedar in any form though).

[DennisM]

Educate yourselves.

https://www.organicfacts.net/health-...ntial-oil.html

Perhaps you should take your own advice.

[O'Mathghamhna]

All of which is fine for mammals, not so much for reptiles, especially snakes which only have one lung.

??? Is this species-specific? Snakes have two lungs as far as I'm aware... (read: according to Google)

[Morjean]

??? Is this species-specific? Snakes have two lungs as far as I'm aware... (read: according to Google)

It's species dependent, but more often than not true! In a lot of snakes (most colubrids for example, which make up roughly 2/3 of all snakes and include Ball Pythons) the left lung technically exists, but evolution reduced it to a non-functioning stump of an organ in order to save space. In other species, like most boas, the left lung is still functioning but also reduced in size. So yea, a lot of snakes only have one functioning lung, and some other have the left lung reduced to 85% and less. It's also the reason why a snake's respiratory system is so vulnerable, most only have one or one and a half lung, so they gotta treasure it! ; ) [Source]


This image isn't a BP, but it still applies well enough [Image Source]