Warning to new owners.

[SRMD]

My friend bought a ball not knowing a whole lot about them, on the day he bought the ball he went out to a party on the night time (he had the snake in his room)
he was using deodorant an aerosol, spraying quite about over his arms, body etc... to later find the snake died.

i was thinking because of the toxicity of aerosols it could of killed the snake because they can easily kill humans..

i just wanted to share this story with all of you out there who are just getting ball pythons and noting knowing about the risks, my friend was quite sad about this because I didn't really think something like that would affect the snake quite clearly it did so i just wanted to share this with you all.

Thanks a lot of reading this post.

[gsarchie]

Unless a necropsy was completed and it was determined that the use of aerosols is what killed the snake then please don't come on a forum like this and start making those kinds of claims. You have no way of knowing what happened without a necropsy and to speculate as to what happened and then post those speculations here will only spread misinformation, especially with all the new and inexperienced keepers that come here for advice. I have used axe body spray in my room countless times and my wife applies perfume in the room (snakes are kept in our bedroom) and our snakes, all of them, are incredibly healthy animals.

Either way, sorry about your buddy's loss.

[SRMD]

My friend told me he had a necropsy, but i was very busy at the time not hearing all the information he was saying he defiently had the necropsy but i can vaguely remember something about chemicals, or airways in the snake were blocked with toxic chemicals something across those lines.

high levels of butane/parfum? im not sure i dont remember the conversation with him much about this when i next talk to him ill let you know.

[Skiploder]

Is this the same friend who allegedly lost several snakes due to the substrates he was using?

Please talk to your friend and get a copy of the necropsy. I will help you post it.

Without the results of the necropsy, your warning kinda rings hollow.

[Bellatrix_LeSnake]

"Blocked with toxic chemicals" could really mean any number of things ... doesn't necessarily have to do with the aerosols even if that is what the post-mortem report said. Toxic chemicals could be cleaning fluids, something in the snake's water, food source etc.

I haven't been on the forum long enough to read the other post about your friend that Skiploder is referencing, but its a little disturbing that he has had several animals die to "chemical" issues in the recent past.

[SRMD]

Is this the same friend who allegedly lost several snakes due to the substrates he was using?

Please talk to your friend and get a copy of the necropsy. I will help you post it.

Without the results of the necropsy, your warning kinda rings hollow.

i have absoloutly no idea what your talking about with the substrate.

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i find this funny how i just thought id let people know about this happening, people can say im incorrect. no your incorrect, i was just suggesting this thats all and everyones moaning like im saying its a fact etc...
so funny i thought this was meant to be a helpful forum. if your going to post on my thread and complain dont bother posting on my thread go on to youtube or something like that ye thanks

[Bellatrix_LeSnake]

i have absoloutly no idea what your talking about.

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i find this funny how i just thought id let people know about this happening, people can say im incorrect. no your incorrect, i was just suggesting this thats all and everyones moaning like im saying its a fact etc...
so funny i thought this was meant to be a helpful forum. if your going to post on my thread and complain dont bother posting on my thread go on to youtube or something like that ye thanks

Personally I'm not trying to criticise you, I just want to know all the facts. If spraying my deodorant or perfume could potentially kill my snake, then I want to know about it. If it was something your friend used to clean his water bowl - a detergent, perhaps? Similarly, I want to know if it was that. I am new to this hobby and do not have the experience yet to distinguish wives' tales from fact and therefore, want to make sure all the information I'm archiving in the far corners of my brain is true.

[SRMD]

Personally I'm not trying to criticise you, I just want to know all the facts. If spraying my deodorant or perfume could potentially kill my snake, then I want to know about it. If it was something your friend used to clean his water bowl - a detergent, perhaps? Similarly, I want to know if it was that. I am new to this hobby and do not have the experience yet to distinguish wives' tales from fact and therefore, want to make sure all the information I'm archiving in the far corners of my brain is true.

As i said my friend was a new ball python owner, he got everything knew he didn't clean anything he received the snake putting everything in the enclosure the snake was a healthy BP, captive bred...

what's quite annoying is that i would just throw out the warning sign on this.
if some one was to say to me; i was in my room, which is quite a small space... and i sprayed around 20 seconds of deodorant which over 5 seconds i believe can be harmful to a human im going to think ye thats harmful to any animal.. also
the report like i said we had a brief conversation i don't remember much.

[KMG]

You should always wash everything you put in with a pet. You never know what might have gotten on it at the store or in transit. New doesn't mean clean!

[SRMD]

everything he had was sealed, but he was a new pet owner.. but i dont think butane and parfum come from anything being in the water.