how often do i need to bathe my ball

[Lucietheball]

i would juist like to know, and how often should i change out her bedding. and wat about my corn? how often should i clean her?

[Kaorte]

Change the bedding once a month. Or if there is a big pee or poo. It really isn't necessary to "bathe them". I usually wash them off if they have been laying in poo though.

[Lucietheball]

well i tend to let my ball soak a bit in some warmish water when she is about to shed. i just want tomake sure wat im doing is ok. and for my corn ive noticed that she poops alot more when i put ehr in warm water.

[Kaorte]

well i tend to let my ball soak a bit in some warmish water when she is about to shed. i just want tomake sure wat im doing is ok. and for my corn ive noticed that she poops alot more when i put ehr in warm water.

This will actually tend to cause a bad shed. Don't soak before a shed, only after you notice that the BP is having a touch time getting the skin off.

By soaking your BP BEFORE a shed, you remove useful oils from their skin that they need in order to have a good shed.

[Lucietheball]

oki thanks. so its still ok to do it to help them go to the bathroom tho right?
just not befor a shed

[th3jok3r]

oki thanks. so its still ok to do it to help them go to the bathroom tho right?
just not befor a shed

the warmth helps them digest the foood better thats prob what your noticing

[Kaorte]

Really, they go to the bathroom when they need to. Ball pythons rarely get impacted. My smaller snake went 5 weeks without a poo. They don't really need to be helped a long. Not sure about corn snakes though.

[Lucietheball]

yea i see wat u mean lol i was more talkin about my corn with the pooin thing LOL sorry
lol yea i havnt seen my ball poo in a long while. i feel her to make sure shes not backed up tho lol and it feels all great. oh that reminds me. i whent to the pet store just lookin around and i saw the baby balls and i wanted to hold one. i picked it up and it was all constipated. i mean nothing but rock at the tail, just a massive lump. i felt so bad for it. i told the pet store woner and they took it to the back. i wonder wat they did with it

[blackcrystal22]

The only time I bathe my corns or balls is when they have a difficult shed (never for my corns) and/or if they covered themselves in some feces.. which has happened a couple times. -.-

You don't have to bathe them to help them go to the bathroom, my boa was constipated for a while so he needed baths to help him take care of that. Rarely happens with ball pythons though, and if it does you would know it.