BP's and swimming pools?

After reading the other topic on bp's having a little swim in a bathtub, I got distracted picturing a bp in a swimming pool, lol. It got me wondering...I know I myself wouldn't ever chance it, but does anyone know if putting a bp or other pet snake in a pool would harm them at all? With the chlorine and chemicals and stuff? I wouldn't try it, but just wondering. :?:

I saw a pic like on here in the photogallery.....

Me having my own pool and seeing all the chemiclas that go into it on a daily basis.....i would never put anything living in there (well expt for humans)

My aunt did with her previous BP, Harry, who has since gotten out of his cage and is in the backyard eating who knows what. She is also one who thinks if you feed them too often, their head will get bigger... duh... You feed the snake, the snake gets bigger, and I hope its head grows with it... ;) She's funny. I would maybe try a shallow baby pool just to get some exercise and be outdoors some. My little girl, Amani, really likes crawling/slithering(what have you) around on the porch and sunning herself.

I really have no clue, but I would suppose the two main problem areas would be the snake ingesting the water, and more importantly, what damage it could do to the snakes eyes! :shock:

Hmmmmm .... lets think about this.

1. Chemicals on the snake skin .... not a good idea.

2. Chemicals in snakes stomach (when it drinks the water that it is "swimming" in) ... not a good idea.

3. Snake in a big ole COLD pool, out of it's proper enclosure, out of it's hide box .... talk about stressful? .... not a good idea.

I would have to say .... not a good idea. :headbang:

-adam

That's what I thought. :) I guess I wanted to ask it so maybe anyone who wanted to let their bp's go for a swim in their pools in the summer might rethink it.
That, and I'm curious and bored. 8)

The person my parents got their first RTB from bred all kinds of Boas including anacondas, and he put his anaconda in the pool atleast 3 times a week (they like to swim ya know) but i'm not sure if he put chemicals in it or not, I think the pool was specifically for the snake.

p.s. One time he couldn't catch it, dang they swim so fast!

dunno if that goes for BP's too though.

Here is something important to think about, osmosis.

The water in the pool is more saline than your body chemistry because of the chemicals, and even though you stay in the water on a sunny day - you will become dehydrated as your bodies moisture is leeched out through the cell walls. I spent many years as a lifeguard watching this happen over and over to people.

I would iimagine it is the same with a snake, and since they're much smaller it would take a greater toll on them. The larger snakes though I think would be allright for short periods of time.

Ingesting pool water could affect it's kidney functions though it's eyes would be protected by the eye caps.

The kiddie pool idea sounds good though, fill it and let it stand a while to equalize with the ambient temp and put something in it for them to crawl out onto if they get tired.

The baby pool is definitly a good idea, however my friend has a pool that does not use clorine, they use the natural stuff to clean the pool. I believe its called baquicil or something like that, anyway my friend put his snake in the pool and she loved it, she was swimming around like a true water snake! But my point is that im sure that a clorine pool would be dangerous for a snake but if you happen to know someone with a non-clorine chemical pool it might be safer.

NO SIR lol

For those of you who own pools you already know the answer to this!

My home in vermont has a full size pool, every morning in the filter there are various frogs and snakes who manage to slip into the pool, My guess is the chlorine does the job,

do your self a favor and dont try in chlorinated pools , natural water -- go for it


Chris


EDIT: Just for the record, baquisil is 10 times worse than choline. It kills way more things than choline ( from expirence ) I would not reccomend it for a pets use, not even a dog for that matter. Even for humans it rediciously burns your eyes, and gives major sinus headaches. Personally i dont no how its still on the market.

wow lol, well i guess you can tell that i don't own a pool hehe. Yes my BP goes nowhere near any kind of pool i was just saying thats what a friend of mine did. But i was unaware that baquisil was that much worse. Iv only been in one pool that used it and come to think of it it did burn the poopy out of my eyes heh.

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Originally Posted by DrEwTiMe

The baby pool is definitly a good idea, however my friend has a pool that does not use clorine, they use the natural stuff to clean the pool. I believe its called baquicil or something like that, anyway my friend put his snake in the pool and she loved it, she was swimming around like a true water snake!.

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Actually that Baquicil is not natural at all! Its just an alternative to chlorine for people who seem to be more sensative to chlorine then others, but that does not mean its not as strong.