Re: How often do you take your snake a bath??
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Originally Posted by
harm286
i do now often kuz mojo jojo wont shed for me
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Originally Posted by
psycho
by taking it a shower it wont make your snake go into shed...all snakes shed it might be in 3 weeks or upto 2.5 months or more....
Do not bathe your snake BEFORE a shed. It will make the shed much more difficult for the snake and remove the oils that help the snake naturally shed.
Balls don't need much exercise. They get plenty from eating alone and occasional handling. Many people rarely handle their animals and they do just fine.
Giving a snake a bath will not force a snake into shed.. that doesn't make any sense.
I give my balls a bath when they are having trouble shedding and especially for my KSB.. who seems to get dehydrated during a shed (and won't use his humid hide).
Re: How often do you take your snake a bath??
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Originally Posted by
psycho
by taking it a shower it wont make your snake go into shed...all snakes shed it might be in 3 weeks or upto 2.5 months or more....
Show me a snake that takes 2 and a half months to shed.....
I think you are spitting out information that you know nothing about.
Re: How often do you take your snake a bath??
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Patrick Long
Show me a snake that takes 2 and a half months to shed.....
I think you are spitting out information that you know nothing about.
simmer, Pat :)
I think he is saying "all snakes shed...it might be in 3 weeks, or it might be in 2 and a half months before it sheds"
Re: How often do you take your snake a bath??
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psycho
But some other people say its good because they dont get much exercise in their enclosure...
Just to clear up this comment, Ball Pythons don't get very much exercise in the wild either. They are ambush predators, and spend near 85% to 90% of their lives in abandoned rodent burrows or termite mounds. They move as much in the wild as they do in your tub.
Re: How often do you take your snake a bath??
Like others above me, I bathe my snakes when (a) they smell or have feces/urine on them, (b) they have stuck shed, or (c) if I just got them home from a reptile show.
I have a theory in my head that it relaxes ball pythons to sit in a warm bath. I don't make it hot, just slightly warm for them. Often I will leave them in for a little while and come back to a very calm animal. Who knows though what goes on in their heads.
Re: How often do you take your snake a bath??
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Originally Posted by
psycho
But some other people say its good because they dont get much exercise in their enclosure...
For exercise, I let my girl explore my bedroom. They really don't need a whole lot of exercise. Obesity is due to overfeeding, not lack of exercise.
I only bathe mine when she's got a stuck shed. Or if she's dehydrated, which she hasn't been. I guess it's a good idea for snakes that have been fasting, to prevent dehydration, but a water bowl also does the trick.
