Quote Originally Posted by Skiploder View Post
They don't need baths. There is no benefit to it and they don't enjoy it.

You have one goal as a keeper: to provide a stress free proper environment.

Stress is the root cause of many health issues that plague captive reptiles. It can reduce the efficacy of the immune system and trigger bouts of anorexia.

For every instance where someone states a bath us needed I can provide a less stressful solution. Bad sheds, crawling through poop....anything.
Well .... To be fair I'd say that SOME do benefit from a soak .

My first Royal ( albino ) was in pretty poor condition when I 'saved' it from the local pet store and she wasn't happy or wanting to eat for a few weeks afterwards .

I posted a photo of it onto a Snake forum and within hours somebody suggested that she thought it was probably dehydrated and to give it a soak in water for 30 minutes . I did everything she said and within the hour the snake had transformed into a plump brightly coloured Albino .. and she ate the very next day ...