accidentally stick in your Python into hot of water

I have given my snake a bath since I got him and it does help with his shedding . For all you rude critizing people liking you've never made a mistake get your options to yourself if you have advise and would like to share you're appreciated.

Bathing does NOT help with shedding. As stated it only helps in removing stuck shed. Bathing before a shed removes essential oils from the scales and does not aid the snake at all in shedding. Do not bathe your snake.

What might be common sense to many may not be to someone keeping their first snake. The original poster knows they messed up or they wouldn't be here asking questions. It's a tough way to learn, and especially sad for the snakes, but drilling the guy isn't going to change anything - unless the goal is to make him feel worse than he already does. Let's try to stick to asking reasonable questions and offering helpful advice.

As for soaking, it only really helps in the event of a bad shed and there are better alternatives. The stress alone makes it a poor substitute to proper humidity in your enclosure. If you're unable to provide this, you can opt for humid hides - just throw some damp sphagnum moss in the hides when your snake is coming into a shed cycle. It's often better, for the overall health of your serpent, to get your parameters dialed right in the first place though.

vet trip is in order. dont bath your snakes anymore .

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Originally Posted by Ga boy 86

I have given my snake a bath since I got him and it does help with his shedding . For all you rude critizing people liking you've never made a mistake get your options to yourself if you have advise and would like to share you're appreciated.

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Regular bathing of a snake does help. It helps wash away all the natural oils they produce to help them shed. It also helps stress them out too. Ironically if you bathe them regularly you would never notice the bad shed caused by all the bathing. :rofl::rofl::rofl:
All you are left with is a stressed snake.
As far as making a mistake that could kill one of my animals?? Nope.
Minor husbandry issued? Yeah, we all do.

If you are monitoring your humidity (and adjusting as necessary) then your sheds should be fine. My boa just shed, over the weekend, and he still had two minor patches of skin left on him (I thought that I was spot on with everything!). My daughter and I got him out and gave him a light massage with a warm, wet towel and all was well (he seemed to like the attention). I could never imagine dropping/putting my snakes in hot water. Stresses me to think of it and we do make mistakes - sometimes the snakes don't help out, do they ever stay still? We're all guilty of inattention, at one time or another. I was lighting our barbecue, years ago (using a fireplace match as the lighter no longer worked) and had just blown it out when my young son grabbed it from me. The hot piece broke off and landed on his face, near his eye but no damage other than a small blister and a sore child. Just a split second of inattention and I paid for it.

People with common sense should alway make sure the water is fine.

Hmm.. Let's see what happened.Your ectotherm buddy exposed above his lethal temperature (108F). The body temperature affects biochemical and physiological processes in the snake. That temperature over the thermal tolerance which causes neurological issues and in extended time period, the death of the animal. Sounds like you stopped the hot bath process before the death, but the rest already done. Highly possible that your snake will be never like before.

(And of course agree with everyone, no bath, no need, watch out next time, etc...)

Any updates? How's the little guy doing?

Is this real life??!