When do you give your Ball(s) a bath?

I only bathe when they have mites, a stuck shed, or when they make a mess of themselves. All in all, I bathe all of them every month or so. The blood gets bathed on an even more regular basis because he actually enjoys baths. The beardie gets bathed daily.

Only when they refuse to take a shower.:D


Now if you want to know when Big Gunns soaks his Ball Pythons. Only if constipated.

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Originally Posted by Eventide

I only give 'em baths if

1. they're having a stuck shed problem,
2. they decided to play in their poo,
3. they seem constipated,
4. a female has just laid eggs, and
5. they are newly-hatched (gooey) babies.

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Ditto

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Originally Posted by CoolioTiffany

Tonight, I gave my Ball pythons a bath. 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.

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Daily... sometimes even twice :rofl:

Only when they've been rolling around in their own poo, or when I'm about to change the paper and I know they've just shed and are just waiting to mess up the fresh paper.

should've been a 'multi option' poll...

males - never
females - post laying

i only soak if someone is dehydrated or having a stuck shed. I actually get some mild (dial) soap out if they stink from rolling around in their poo.

I don't regularly bathe anything as i don't think they benefit from it. I rarely get a bad shed with anything so i know the humidity is fine.

When a female lays eggs I will wash her with soapy water and when there is poop on one of my animals I will wash with soapy water. Other than that their on their own.

I use smaller water dishes. but back in the day when I only had a couple ball pythons I noticed that if you do give them a big enough water dish, that sometimes they do like to do a full soak. checking my ball pythons atleast once a day, If I find anyone who is *trying* to soak in their smaller dish, ill throw them in the tub for a bit, let them have some fun. otherwise the only time I give them an actual *bath* is females right after laying, I rub them down with soap and water to get the egg smell off of them.

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Originally Posted by Eventide

I only give 'em baths if

1. they're having a stuck shed problem,
2. they decided to play in their poo,
3. they seem constipated,
4. a female has just laid eggs, and
5. they are newly-hatched (gooey) babies.

Granted, I have yet to do 4 and 5, but that's when I will bathe them when I do get to those.

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same here