Olive oil?

Does anyone use olive oil to help snakes with shedding difficulties? I was given some advice to use it on my snake Tigger and I wanted to check it out here first since I have no experience trying this remedy and am reluctant to do so without confirmation that no harm will come to Tigger.

I have never tried it before. I would say that you should just up his humidity, and if he has problems, then give him a soak. That's all the advice i have ever sceen, never anyhting about oil, ovcourse, i could definatley be wrong.

Unless you're planning on rubbing him with italian seasoning and roasting him over low flame, then no, olive oil isn't necessary ;)

Proper husbandry goes a LONG way in keeping your snake happy and healthy.

Mmmm italian seasoning...

I do agree, if your temps and humidity is correct they shouldn't have any problems in the first place.

If you want to see your snake shed loads of scales, then use olive or mineral oil! Works everytime. :P

mmm.... snalad

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...zen/snalad.jpg

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That's wrong, on SOOOO MANY levels! I LOVE IT!

psfh. now i know what you all mean when you say BP lovers...you love the way they taste.
tsk tsk :colbert:




lol.

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Originally Posted by Amy05

psfh. ...you love the way they taste.
tsk tsk :colbert:

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Which is very much like chicken. :stab:

Wow I even got a photoshopped snake salad pic with that question! Tigger is a new aquisition guys. I purchased him this way. He is otherwise healthy and I watched him feed before I got him. One of his eyecaps did not shed off and there is a small amount of old skin on the side of his head but the rest of him looks good. I have never heard of anyone using olive oil before today but now I know it makes scales fall off and some people hungry. Anyways I was hoping after soaking him it would eventually fall off and it has not so I have been seeking alternative methods. This was one that was suggested to me. Seems to have been a bad suggestion (why I checked it out first). Good to know I can come here and get helpful advice. :(

No need for oils or any other formulas ... water works just fine.

Check this out ...

http://www.8ballpythons.com/journal/stucksheds.htm

-adam

Just keep soaking him and if it doesn't come off, it should during the next shed.

Before we figured out how to get the humidity up in his home we would give him a bath in an enclosed tub so he couldn't climb back out. We put a bottle brush in there with him and after he soaked for about 30 minuted he would start wrapping himself around the brush and the skin just came off of him. It works really great.

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mmm.... snalad

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...zen/snalad.jpg

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Now thats something I could sink my teeth into! :sweeet:

Is that a boiled python egg on the bottom right??

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Which is very much like chicken. :stab:

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I greatly appreciate the help from everyone that offered real advice and I'm trying to appreciate the lame humor from those that did not. Thanks I will apply the suggestions that were offered (not the snalad). :spork:

My friend Steve at Reptile Depot recommended that I try fragrance free hand lotion on a snake I rescued with a retained eyecap. We had tried removing it by hand but it wouldn't budge. After a couple of days of lotion it came off by itself. Worked like a charm with no harm to the snake. I asked my vet about it and he said it was fine, it's all about rehydrating the area. I also use a hide with damp moss that they can rub around in. You want fragrance free because it has no chemicals. Olive oil and basalamic vinegar is my favorite dressing but not anything I use on snakes LOL~

The only time I've seen olive oil used for anything on snakes was for mite treatment. The oil is supposed to smother the mites. Then you wash off all of the oil afterward.