When do you give your Ball(s) a bath?

[CoolioTiffany]

Tonight, I gave my Ball pythons a bath. Mainly because they dropped a load in their enclosures. This got me thinking, when do you give your Ball(s) a bath? I normally give them a bath whenever I'm up to it, but since I've read that giving them a bath is good for them, I was wondering when I should start giving them a bath.

[MsPrada]

I voted Once a year because I only do it if they've crawled through their own waste. I've read that bathing can leech oils, but I'm not sure if thats true.

[rabernet]

I never give mine a bath. I'm not aware of any benefit in doing so.

[Darkice]

Every time they shed they give themselves a bath. If im holding one and he poops ill run him under warm tap water but thats all.

[Jason Bowden]

When they get dirty!

[Kaorte]

Only wen they have been laying in thier poo for a while.

[icygirl]

I do it if they really stink when I take them out for cleaning their tubs. Or if they are having trouble shedding. That's about it.

[Bruce Whitehead]

I never bathe them. If they take a poo bath I clean them off and then a bit of a wipe with diluted chlorhexdine if they are going to be handled.

Bruce

[Twisted Reptiles]

Other than rinsing off moms real quick after laying, or the occasional one who truck through their own waste a bit too much, I don't.

[pavlovk1025]

Only in excessive poop situations. No point otherwise, unless you listen to the "best" herp vet in Utah and soak 3x a week to accomadate the 90% humidity that ball pythons require. *roll eyes*