If I haven't welcomed you already, maniac - -good to have you aboard. Never heard of that before, I'm afraid. I'd be way to wary of all the chemicals, etc. Gatorade won't work topically, not on humans and I can't imagine it would do much more for a python. The glycerines and other sugars (rochambeaux me for it biology types - I am on thin ice . . and don't speak French either) that would "thicken" it for any sort of effect in that direction would also leave you with a sticky ball. Is the snake's skin dry to the touch or is it visibly suffering dehydration from lack of ingested water?

Where'd you hear it?

(PS i was also this skeptical about the "soak 'em in Scope!" mite treatment so . . )