GATORADE???

Thats funny you should mention gatorade dustin...I heard from a friend and python and boa breeder that filling the tub up with about an inch of warm water and mixing in powder gatorade, then soaking your bp in it or any snake for that matter is really good for them. He said they soak up the electrolytes in the gatorade.... anyone know anything about this?

No joke?

no joke

I don't know about Gatorade, but I have used Pedialyte for deydrated snakes. I used it on their drinking water and added a little to their soaking water.

That has to be the wierdest thing I've ever heard of; time to go research it. :P

(Man, me and researching, you'd think I get sick of it). :roll: LOL

Jennifer

hmmm....drinking water and soaking water? Now I am really confused

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Originally Posted by freakoverdose1

hmmm....drinking water and soaking water? Now I am really confused

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When a snake is dehydrated, it is usually a good diea to soak them for a while in lukewarm water in order to allow them to rehydrate.

I don't wanna type alot so I'll just paste what I wrote in a different post:Soaking your snake in warm water for 30-45mins every 5 days is a good practice, shedding or not. I also don't think that a humidity level of 45 is bad at all when not in a shed, 75-80 is good while shedding. In the summer, I soak my snakes in Gatorade every 3-4 weeks just to make sure that they ain't dehydrated. These are my personal practices, I've had exceptional results with them but you may choose to go by the book. BTW, as David mentioned before, PediaLyte works as well.

Once again I definatly agree with Danny..

We use pedialyte here, it's easy to find unflavored and it is fairly inexpensive, thank goodness, because for some reason the last bunch of rescues were very dehydrated, We've also used the same practice with iguanas, monitors and other lizards.
Thanks
Rusty

Gatorage is basically just flavored Pedialyte.

When you use either for soaking the snakes, do you use it full strength? Or diluted?

I know when I go for a bike ride, full strength just feels too sticky, and I can imagine that it would make the snake pretty sticky, too. I usually mix it to about 50% strength using plain water (thanks to a suggestion from Greg LeMond's book!) and that feels just about right on a ride. I'm wondering if the half strength would be as good or maybe better for the snakes as well, not to mention helping cut the cost of the "treatment".

I use full strenght but if your that concerned use Pedialyte.

Gatorade is the SHIZZLE... not sure about snakes, but I know my body likes it lol. I drink that stuff like water... I prolly down almost 2 gallons a day. I go thru one of the large walmart powedered gatorade canisters in 3 days. ;)

what kind chris? i'm a citrus cooler (yes i know, very old school) kind of guy.

Sorry Chris and Will but I personally think that Gatorade taste like S_ _ _. Nothing personal, I just hate it.

i try not to drink a lot of soda, and i already go through a gallon of milk every 3 days. gatoraide is usually what i drink, if not milk.

I'm pretty sure I included gatorade in my article for dehydration. Good stuff...

I've also heard of people who've soaked boas for long times in red gatorade, then sold them as "fire" boas.

I use to drink alot of gatoraide when I worked in the factory. We got ours from a soda/wtih cup type dispencer machine. I would pull the cup out of the machine until half the water was dispenced then I would put the cup back in to catch the rest of the water and the mix. If i am going to drink gatoraide, it has to be SWEET!. I prefered the punch flavor.

well, now that we all figured out what we like to drink...lets see about the snakes shall we? I am gonna try it tonight, mix an inch of warm water with powdered lemonade gatorade. because my hydra looks really dehydrated from being at that pet shop....So i will do it 20 minutes every 7-10 days. Thanks for all the help by the way...

Use pedialyte if possible.

Hey...just got done soaking her in a 50/50 mix of powdered gatorade and warm water in the bath tub.... She didn't like that too much since she tried striking me for the first time since ive had her, I don't think i will try that again... Shes pissed off. LOL and I didn't mean it! Another thing, should i rinse her off or will she do it herself in her own water....

Anyone know how exactly this works? I mean on other forums people have said this doesn't work since they're not amphibians and don't absorb the gatorade/pedialyte.

Yeah, I'm still pretty confused myself.... :?

who knows if it works or not
we all know water works so i'd say just stick to that

gatorade seems like a myth to me but who knows
i won't beleive it untill i see some actual scientific evidence that it does work

Justin,

If the water is warm to you, it is too hot for your snake. That's probably why she got grouchy with you! It should feel cool to you.
I have no scientific evidence to back up my opinion, but I don't believe that a snake's skin is water permeable, as amphibians skin is. I am certainly no expert, however, and people with more experience than I soak their critters. Whether it works or not, it can't hurt!

well if they bath in it...they may drink from it. i think thats what you want to happen. but i dont think gatorade its the best thing to do. its got other things in it (like sugar). i dont know about pedialyte...buts its probably better then gatorade. also...the water shouldnt feel hot....but not too cool. barely warm is more like it.

I usually shoot the water with my temp gun, and when it says 84-87 degrees, it feels cool to our touch. I think that feels perfect, so that's what I bathe my ball pythons in when they get a rinse off.

For what it's worth, humans can absorb water through our skin, and my vet told me to soak Snyder for her dehydration, to absorb water. She also gave her sub-cutaneous electrolytes and water. Based on this, it's my guess that a diluted pedialyte/gatorade-water mixture would do a dehydrated snake good, but I have no proof, just my vet's word.