Bathing BPs

[MuicyJelon]

This is something I’m not familiar with as I’ve never done it. Anyway.
I’ve read you can bathe BPs if they’ve had a bad shed.
But, is it safe to bathe them every few months?




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[Treeman]

Definetely is safe to do. Dont fill the bath up past halfway up his body though, and take great care to monitor the temp of the the water. Don’t want it to drop too low. Normally however , i just use bumping up humidity and adding a moist hide and the snakes atleast get a lot of their shed off. I use the bath tecnique for after, in case ofstuck shed


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[55fingers]

Over-bathing can stress them out and stop them eating, however I don't think it would directly be a problem to bathe them every few months. But you shouldn't be bathing them unless they've got a bad shed, get covered in feces or urine etc. They don't require it and anything more than the minimum is unnecessary and can cause more harm than good.

[Bogertophis]

Well it's "safe" to bathe them, but best only for good reason. If they slide thru some nasty in their cage, or have some stuck shed would be good reasons.
They don't typically 'need' a bath otherwise, and many snakes feel stressed being bathed, depending upon how it's done. (they hate a lack of traction, and
many ppl get the water too warm...remember that it's going to feel cool to us because we're 98.6* when it's right -lukewarm- for a snake) Another good
option is a thick towel that's very damp with lukewarm water, let the snake crawl thru it, or be wrapped up in it.

I personally don't hesitate to soak a snake that's having trouble shedding. Typically it's only my very old corn snake, every once in a while. I've seen someone
post that bathing a snake dries out their skin making their sheds worse but I really don't believe that, or at least I've not seen it that way. I think it could appear
that way though, if you have a snake with some internal issues (parasites or?) that messes up their nutrition & shedding, & then the bathing needed to help
remove their old shed skin got the blame for the problem. Just my .02 cents.

[MuicyJelon]

Definetely is safe to do. Dont fill the bath up past halfway up his body though, and take great care to monitor the temp of the the water. Don’t want it to drop too low. Normally however , i just use bumping up humidity and adding a moist hide and the snakes atleast get a lot of their shed off. I use the bath tecnique for after, in case ofstuck shed


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I’ve put damp moss inside both of his hides I’ve also put one of the humidity gauges in the hide as well. The gauge shows that it’s 99% in the hide, my other one shows that the viv overall is 60%.


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[cletus]

It's prob safe but it also prob stresses them out. You find more comfort in the bath than your BP does.

[Bogertophis]

You want to keep in mind the personality of the snake in question too: BPs seem more likely to stress about such things & they're known for refusing meals,
whereas those are rare issues with most of the snakes I currently keep (or have kept), including corn & rat snakes, kings, bull/gophers, spotted python, etc.

[Luvyna]

Seconding what others have said about only bathing when necessary and it being safe as long as you do it correctly.

If you do have to bathe your snake, here are some tips to make it more comfortable for them:

- Put a small object like a rock into the tub with him or her so that they have something to hang onto - many snakes feel safer when they can wrap their tail around something so they aren't completely losing traction. It shouldn't be big that they can put their whole body on top of it and get out of the water of course.

- Temp gun the water before putting the snake in, aim for the mid to high 80s and replace with warm water when it cools down to around 80F

[Craiga 01453]

If proper husbandry is provided, there's no need for bathing your snake.

The only time mine ever get a bath is if sausage butt starts to develop and a quick soak usually empties them out. I've only had to do this twice in all my years keeping snakes.

[LavenderNoodle]

Noodle loves bath time.