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  • 10-23-2009, 11:03 PM
    CoolioTiffany
    When do you give your Ball(s) a bath?
    Tonight, I gave my Ball pythons a bath. Mainly because they dropped a load in their enclosures. This got me thinking, when do you give your Ball(s) a bath? I normally give them a bath whenever I'm up to it, but since I've read that giving them a bath is good for them, I was wondering when I should start giving them a bath.
  • 10-23-2009, 11:11 PM
    MsPrada
    Re: When do you give your Ball(s) a bath?
    I voted Once a year because I only do it if they've crawled through their own waste. I've read that bathing can leech oils, but I'm not sure if thats true.
  • 10-23-2009, 11:13 PM
    rabernet
    Re: When do you give your Ball(s) a bath?
    I never give mine a bath. I'm not aware of any benefit in doing so.
  • 10-23-2009, 11:21 PM
    Darkice
    Re: When do you give your Ball(s) a bath?
    Every time they shed they give themselves a bath. If im holding one and he poops ill run him under warm tap water but thats all.
  • 10-23-2009, 11:27 PM
    Jason Bowden
    Re: When do you give your Ball(s) a bath?
    When they get dirty!
  • 10-23-2009, 11:27 PM
    Kaorte
    Re: When do you give your Ball(s) a bath?
    Only wen they have been laying in thier poo for a while.
  • 10-23-2009, 11:33 PM
    icygirl
    Re: When do you give your Ball(s) a bath?
    I do it if they really stink when I take them out for cleaning their tubs. Or if they are having trouble shedding. That's about it.
  • 10-23-2009, 11:42 PM
    Bruce Whitehead
    Re: When do you give your Ball(s) a bath?
    I never bathe them. If they take a poo bath I clean them off and then a bit of a wipe with diluted chlorhexdine if they are going to be handled.

    Bruce
  • 10-24-2009, 12:33 AM
    Twisted Reptiles
    Re: When do you give your Ball(s) a bath?
    Other than rinsing off moms real quick after laying, or the occasional one who truck through their own waste a bit too much, I don't.
  • 10-24-2009, 05:13 AM
    pavlovk1025
    Re: When do you give your Ball(s) a bath?
    Only in excessive poop situations. No point otherwise, unless you listen to the "best" herp vet in Utah and soak 3x a week to accomadate the 90% humidity that ball pythons require. *roll eyes*
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