Have you ever taken a shower/bath with a snake? Would you?

OK, just keeping it lively folks. I thought of this one b/c it's getting late and I know I need to go to bed. However, two things I would like to do before sleeping is shower and hold Mr. Snake. But that will put me to bed after 1 a.m., so the multi-tasker in me started thinking....

Needless to say, I will only end up showering b/c I'm still burning my time on this rockin' site! :gj:

okay... thought u were serious at first... and seriously wondering why you would want to! lol

Um... not a good idea. First off, your snake probably wouldn't appreciate the water hitting him/her and would most likely spend the entire time trying to get away. Also, the typical shower temperature for you is MUCH warmer than what your snake would feel comfortable in. The water temps should be around 90 which would seem lukewarm to you in the shower.

Also, many snakes defecate while soaking. Probably not something you would want to deal with while in the shower. :weirdface

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Originally Posted by xdeus

Um... not a good idea. First off, your snake probably wouldn't appreciate the water hitting him/her and would most likely spend the entire time trying to get away. Also, the typical shower temperature for you is MUCH warmer than what your snake would feel comfortable in. The water temps should be around 90 which would seem lukewarm to you in the shower.

Also, many snakes defecate while soaking. Probably not something you would want to deal with while in the shower. :weirdface

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Um, after midnight, it is all theoretical. But in doing this mental exercise, the water temperature would be luke warm for sure and the snake would be held mostly out of the spray of the shower.

Maybe this is a question for Ben Rennick and his anacondas....

Any other thoughts?

I'd do it... just not naked. In cool water and in a bath, not shower...

This is just a messed up question any way you go about it. Sorry but no. No no and no again. ...Just no.

I wouldnt want my snake to bite MY snake:colbert::banana:

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Originally Posted by accr

I wouldnt want my snake to bite MY snake:colbert::banana:

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Agreed.

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Originally Posted by MelissaFlipski

Um, after midnight, it is all theoretical. But in doing this mental exercise, the water temperature would be luke warm for sure and the snake would be held mostly out of the spray of the shower.

Maybe this is a question for Ben Rennick and his anacondas....

Any other thoughts?

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But you don't have an anaconda.

I agree with Entropy - NO, no, no. There is NO benefit for your ball python, at all for doing this.

Y'all are taking this thread WAY too seriously. I just like to stir it up.

I have taken a shower with snake before :D

No sometimes if I have a stuck shed the heat and steam of a good hot shower will help. Now granted the animal sat in a ventilated holding tub on the john while I showered and not in the shower with me. I have also heard that this can help relieve and break up some of the congestion of an RI (check with your vet before trying however)

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Originally Posted by MelissaFlipski

Y'all are taking this thread WAY too seriously. I just like to stir it up.

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if you ask a question you are going to get answers. what's the point of asking if you don't want to hear what people have to say? :confused:

if the question is about doing something that might be harmful or stressful for your animal then you will get people responding letting you know that is the case.

At the end of the day, it's your snake you can do as you wish. Heck you can even run a day full of errands around town with him/her around your neck if you wish (and don't break any health hazard laws). But if you ask whether you SHOULD, then the answer is gonna be most definitly NO on my part. Mainly because I feel it's an unnecessary strain on the animal.

You can love your pets...just don't love your pets. :O

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Originally Posted by KLG

You can love your pets...just don't love your pets. :O

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:weirdface: Damn it thanks Kara now my New Years eve is shot to hell :tears:. :gj: what am I going to do now....? proschate it.


:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

I don't take shower with snake just like I would not take a shower with my dog?

My animals as much as I love them are still animals, we don't bath together, don't sleep together and don't eat together well except for my husband :8:

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Originally Posted by KLG

You can love your pets...just don't love your pets. :O

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Words from the wise

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Originally Posted by Freakie_frog

:weirdface: Damn it thanks Kara now my New Years eve is shot to hell :tears:. :gj: what am I going to do now....? proschate it.


:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

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I'm telling Carrie!!!!!! :colbert:

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Originally Posted by rabernet

I'm telling Carrie!!!!!! :colbert:

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:bow: You know I love you right??

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Originally Posted by GA_Ball_Pythons

I don't take shower with snake just like I would not take a shower with my dog?

My animals as much as I love them are still animals, we don't bath together, don't sleep together and don't eat together well except for my husband :8:

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I have taken a shower with my dog which means I bathed him in the shower he soak me and i had to clean myself off. :dog:

I'm the only one that is willing to do it. AND will post...
There's something wrong with me... :rolleye2:

How about taking a bath with 80 rattlers!!! woo, talk about a hot bath! lol. :P

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Originally Posted by BallPythonsRule

I'm the only one that is willing to do it. AND will post... There's something wrong with me... :rolleye2:

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You said it chickie!

:gj:

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Originally Posted by GA_Ball_Pythons

I don't take shower with snake just like I would not take a shower with my dog?

My animals as much as I love them are still animals, we don't bath together, don't sleep together and don't eat together well except for my husband :8:

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Oh.

I sleep with Earl on the nightly :oops:

Earls my dog btw :giggle:

Now dogs...giving a dog a bath almost inevitably ends up with you being soaked as well. So if that counts as bathing with your pet then I've done it. And one time my dear Hudson (cat) decided to join me for whatever reason his little mind thought up.... something odd about washing your hair as a cat stares up at you from behind the drain.

I didn't think you were nuts for asking but there's no other way to say "no". I wouldn't do it because my snake probably wouldn't like it.

haha no thanks.

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Originally Posted by mlededee

if you ask a question you are going to get answers. what's the point of asking if you don't want to hear what people have to say? :confused:

if the question is about doing something that might be harmful or stressful for your animal then you will get people responding letting you know that is the case.

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I'm not saying that I don't want answers, I'm just sayin' don't get your trousers all up in a wad over this one.

I did think about the help shed scenario, too.

Btw, I know someone who showers with his ferret all the time. You need to bathe ferrets regularly due to their scent. The report is that she loves it.

Anyway, a bath might be more relaxing for us both. Just no bubbles. :rofl: I don't have a snake to be bitten... :O

(before I have to edit this thang, just wanna preempt y'all that might need it by sayin' "git ova it."

I'm going to say no-absolutley not-me and one of the burms in the shower together-no thank you!!!

this thread is silly:rofl:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JkLUU15o2k

this guy seems to like bathing with his snake

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Originally Posted by MelissaFlipski

I'm not saying that I don't want answers, I'm just sayin' don't get your trousers all up in a wad over this one.....

(before I have to edit this thang, just wanna preempt y'all that might need it by sayin' "git ova it."

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people are going to have varying opinions. just because they don't agree with you or have a different view doesn't mean they are upset. i don't understand the need to tell people to get over it all the time--it seems like you go on the defensive and tell people to chill as soon as someone replies with an answer that isn't in agreement with your proposed idea. no one is getting upset or attacking you here, we're just discussing the topic you started.

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Originally Posted by Lucero87

this guy seems to like bathing with his snake

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the snake doesn't seem to be enjoying it too much though!

For the ones claiming unnecessary stress on the snake/not something the snake requires - these arguments amuse me. Handling snakes in general is considered an unnecessary strain/not something that benefits the snake. Keeping these guys in the first place is pretty selfish of us humans as it is a relationship with a one-way flow of benefit. We accept this fact, though, and keep them anyway, and don't begrudge each other for it.

Since we're keeping them for our own personal amusement anyway, why not enjoy them in which ever way doesn't cause them any harm or risk their health? If she wants to shower with her snake, go for it. Obviously it's up to her to pay attention to proper temperatures and the snakes' over all comfort level, but that's true day in and day out. Nothing's actually changing here - it's just... a different way of doing the same thing. ...very... very different. :D

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Originally Posted by Lucero87

this guy seems to like bathing with his snake

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That guy might be enjoying it but that snake is trying to get away.

:hmm:

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Originally Posted by Morphie

Since we're keeping them for our own personal amusement anyway, why not enjoy them in which ever way doesn't cause them any harm or risk their health? If she wants to shower with her snake, go for it.

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i just can't imagine that it wouldn't be stressful for the snake to be in the shower getting pelted with water. besides that, her whole point is that she wants to save time by doing the two things at once--how is she going to bathe while not getting shampoo and whatnot on the snake, keep him comfortable and still save time? seems like doing both at once would actually end up taking more time.

personally, i prefer to wash up after i handle my snakes, not while i handle them. seems a little more sanitary that way anyhow, ya know?

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Originally Posted by mlededee

i just can't imagine that it wouldn't be stressful for the snake to be in the shower getting pelted with water. besides that, her whole point is that she wants to save time by doing the two things at once--how is she going to bathe while not getting shampoo and whatnot on the snake, keep him comfortable and still save time? seems like doing both at once would actually end up taking more time.

personally, i prefer to wash up after i handle my snakes, not while i handle them. seems a little more sanitary that way anyhow, ya know?

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You have some very valid points, but as to whether the snake will be any worse for wear after a shower - i'd have to say "i don't think so, as long as the handler is paying attention to his needs and behavior".

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Originally Posted by MelissaFlipski

However, two things I would like to do before sleeping is shower and hold Mr. Snake. But that will put me to bed after 1 a.m., so the multi-tasker in me started thinking...

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I take a shower with "Mr. Snake" every day, but would never consider doing so with a reptile (or any other pet for that matter)...

No snakes of mine are bathing with any humans! Think of how majorly stressful that would be. BPs like being warm, dry, and safe. A bath would provide none of those things (well maybe warmth.. but not security!) But if it were for the snake's sake (like in a case of retained shed), why on earth would you need to be in there too!
I have bathed with horses though, in a way. I was really hot one 90-degree day, and the horses' water trough was there.. so was I.. it was a great redneck jacuzzi!

what do you mean? You guys dont shower with your snakes??? :banana::banana::banana::banana: Its the best:banana:

no way!
The water temperature I would be comfortable with would be WAY TOO HOT for any snake.

I understand that the question was asked tongue in cheek for fun, but I would hate for someone to get the idea from this thread and realize that snakes should not come into contact with water that feels warm or hot to humans.

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Originally Posted by Lucero87

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JkLUU15o2k

this guy seems to like bathing with his snake

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I love that huge snake room just for the Burm! But everyone is right; the snake is trying to get out of the bath. And this guy might need to find the OTHER interesting thread I started called "Do you kiss your snake?" Was that a French kiss? :rofl:

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Originally Posted by mlededee

people are going to have varying opinions. just because they don't agree with you or have a different view doesn't mean they are upset. i don't understand the need to tell people to get over it all the time--it seems like you go on the defensive and tell people to chill as soon as someone replies with an answer that isn't in agreement with your proposed idea. no one is getting upset or attacking you here, we're just discussing the topic you started.

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Actually, I don't feel defensive - sorry if it came across that way. I just wanted people to know it was a JOKE. As I said, I wrote it after midnight.

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Originally Posted by fishmommy

no way!
The water temperature I would be comfortable with would be WAY TOO HOT for any snake.

I understand that the question was asked tongue in cheek for fun, but I would hate for someone to get the idea from this thread and realize that snakes should not come into contact with water that feels warm or hot to humans.

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Yes, that's true. We don't want to mislead people and have them start taking super hot showers with their snakes. But at least you knew it was tongue in cheek (my own cheek, not my snakes! :banana:).

which brings us to the important question:

Do snakes have cheeks? and could you really fit your tongue in there if they do??

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Originally Posted by Morphie

which brings us to the important question:

Do snakes have cheeks? and could you really fit your tongue in there if they do??

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more importantly, would you want too?

Well that is weird. I wouldnt do that because that is a little weird and wouldnt the soaps and shampoos and conditioners be harmful?

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Originally Posted by Morphie

which brings us to the important question:

Do snakes have cheeks? and could you really fit your tongue in there if they do??

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:rofl: Now THAT'S an interesting thread right there... :rofl:

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Originally Posted by MelissaFlipski

:rofl: Now THAT'S an interesting thread right there... :rofl:

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it could be, but i think we better steer clear.

I can just see it now:

"Hay you guys, I tried doing what you said and my tung got cut by his teeth how do i stop the bleding and am i going to get sal manilla? PLEASE HALP ME" :taz::taz::O:tears:

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Originally Posted by Morphie

it could be, but i think we better steer clear.

I can just see it now:

"Hay you guys, I tried doing what you said and my tung got cut by his teeth how do i stop the bleding and am i going to get sal manilla? PLEASE HALP ME" :taz::taz::O:tears:

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Yeah. From what I understand, sarcasm, tongue-in-cheek humor, and strange philosophical ponderings can be dangerous. :8:

I'm just lucky no one has given me bad rep points yet. :oops:

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Originally Posted by MelissaFlipski

Yeah. From what I understand, sarcasm, tongue-in-cheek humor, and strange philosophical ponderings can be dangerous. :8:

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I think you are misunderstanding some of the other people who have posted.


I am probably one of the most sarcastic people on this forum...well...there is Jas, and Jamie :rolleyes: but never the less...when you are giving out advice...you need to be cautious.

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Originally Posted by MelissaFlipski

I'm just lucky no one has given me bad rep points yet. :oops:

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Why would you expect a bad rep point?

:confused:

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I am probably one of the most sarcastic people on this forum...well...there is Jas, and Jamie :rolleyes: but never the less...when you are giving out advice...you need to be cautious.

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Hey now you forgot about me :(