Water Temperature for a BP Bath?

Hello everyone. I was going back and forth with an anon on Reddit and their was a definite difference in opinion/fact when discussing bath water temp for the rare occasion a BP needs a soak. I was taught water should be about 90° and doing some quick searches online I've found articles backing this and destroying this. Some saying the temp should even be higher and some saying it should be 76° (this is what the anon suggested) and any hotter might even go as far as to kill a snake.

What are everyones thoughts on this??

i think the consensus i've found is that low- to mid-80s is a nice sweet spot for a beep bath. personally i would never go above 90° F as hot water is not necessary for a soak.

Yep mid eighties I'd say .


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I might have been doing it wrong but I always took lukewarm water and let them soak in that while changing the water out if it started to get cold.

I took a tub I used to get my bp adjusted to larger enclosures and added a towel and then added lukewarm water and then the snake. After I finished letting the snake soak I used the towel to gently rub all over the snake starting from the head. Its worked wonders on every snake I've ever owned.

Just my opinion, low 80’s. It is more then warm enough. :) ’d shy away from 90 or high 80’s unless you want to see it move real fast. Just saying. ;)

Remember lukewarm to a human is not lukewarm to a reptile. To us, luke warm can be 100 degrees. It's important to know the temp of your snake and the temp of the water they are going into to prevent shock and stress.

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Remember lukewarm to a human is not lukewarm to a reptile. To us, luke warm can be 100 degrees. It's important to know the temp of your snake and the temp of the water they are going into to prevent shock and stress.

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Wise words !


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Originally Posted by Vipera Berus

I might have been doing it wrong but I always took lukewarm water and let them soak in that while changing the water out if it started to get cold.

I took a tub I used to get my bp adjusted to larger enclosures and added a towel and then added lukewarm water and then the snake. After I finished letting the snake soak I used the towel to gently rub all over the snake starting from the head. Its worked wonders on every snake I've ever owned.

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Soaking seems to be more 'prevalent' in the UK by all accounts .... anyways it works a treat for getting any stubborn shed off and also for retained eye-caps . It 's also brilliant for dehydrated or partly dehydrated snakes.

It's not something I do as a regular thing but when I've needed to I've followed your procedure but when I'm drying them off I let them wriggle about inside the "rough textured" towel and apply very gentle pressure to wherever the stubborn patch of skin is - works a treat on retained eye-caps as mentioned .


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