Is this safe to clean your BP with? (natural hand santizer, chemical/alcohol free)

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I bought this for my kids. No chemicals, all natural. I was thinking, hey, maybe I can rub this on Sssspohie, it will make her smell good too :-)

My mistake, it has small amounts of ethyl alcohol.

I would say no, just water works. better to be safe than sorry:gj:

I would defintiely not put that on my snake. Why do you want to clean your snake, lol?

First ingredient on the label is the alcohol. That means it is the main ingredient so there is more than trace amounts.

Yes, forget about this, I posted too soon before reading it properly, my bad lol :-)

There is nothing needed but warm water to clean a ball python :)

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Originally Posted by snakesRkewl

There is nothing needed but warm water to clean a ball python :)

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:) but I'm also curious why you feel you need to clean your bp? Messy feeding?

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Originally Posted by Kymberli

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:) but I'm also curious why you feel you need to clean your bp? Messy feeding?

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I don't know about his reason, but I have cleaned many a ball python right after I pull the male from breeding her, the females will "evacuate" in the tub(if she has been eating) before she allows him to do his thing
It's a nasty thing when one or both of them move about and spread the yuk all over. :weirdface
Or sometimes their poo is a bit runny and they spill their water bowl and it turns the whole tub and it's contents a nice chocolatey brown color :rofl:

A soak in water now and then is all you need.:)

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Originally Posted by snakesRkewl

I don't know about his reason, but I have cleaned many a ball python right after I pull the male from breeding her, the females will "evacuate" in the tub(if she has been eating) before she allows him to do his thing
It's a nasty thing when one or both of them move about and spread the yuk all over. :weirdface
Or sometimes their poo is a bit runny and they spill their water bowl and it turns the whole tub and it's contents a nice chocolatey brown color :rofl:

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LOL I'm glad I have yet to run into a poo-covered BP. *Knocks on wood* :rofl:

Oh poo covered bps and tub contents not so fun. I have a few girls that love to poop during breeding. I swear I have
To take one of them out every week for a tub clean.

So how do you groom them? I've bumped into some people here who say they give their BP's baths with shampoo :-)

QUOTE=Ryan Raymond Yu;1539897]So how do you groom them? I've bumped into some people here who say they give their BP's baths with shampoo :-)[/QUOTE]

Please, don't use shampoo on your BP. Lol. They don't need routine grooming, like most animals. If for some reason your BP is noticeably dirty, just soak it in warm water or let it pull itself through a warm damp wash cloth, as you would to remove stuck shed. :)

BP's don't need to be groomed... it's not like they're hairy or anything. The only time mine smells is when he gets poop on him, but I just wipe him down with warm water and a damp wash cloth or damp paper towels and that takes care of it.

I can't think of any circumstances under which a BP would need a "bath" with shampoo, regardless of how dirty it may be. If it ever gets that dirty or smelly, someone really needs to work on improving their husbandry and probably shouldn't have the snake in the first place.

Why on earth would anyone want to clean their BP and make it smell purty?

I know VPI uses a tiny bit of dish soap on a wet cloth to remove egg smell to encourage feeding. Past that I can't imagine, I have had messy royals come out of a snake bag once or twice but a bit of clean water on a corner of cloth works just fine.

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Originally Posted by kitedemon

I know VPI uses a tiny bit of dish soap on a wet cloth to remove egg smell to encourage feeding. Past that I can't imagine, I have had messy royals come out of a snake bag once or twice but a bit of clean water on a corner of cloth works just fine.

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I've heard of breeders doing this as well, but personally, I would leave the soap-washing to the professionals/breeders who know how much to use and how to use it safely.
Then again, I'm no expert, so take what I say with a grain of salt. :)