A question about Soaking

[RealmIyce]

I think I need to soak my BP to help her shed..and I was wondering how..Do I just hold her in my hands under some water? Should her head be under too? that might sound like a dumb question..Or should I just like let her lay in some water, enough to cover her body and just watch her? how do you guys soak your snakes?

[Marla]

Tepid water (neither warm nor cold to the touch), only about as deep as she is high, either in the bathtub or an enclosed container, with something (a rock, a coaster, whatever) for her to rest her head on, is the way to set up a soak. Leave her in for 20-30 minutes, then have her slither through a damp towel as you hold it and provide some resistance to help her get her own shed off. Don't peel it for her!

[gozetec02]

Please dont hold her down you will have a squirming ball python. Marla has it right follow her instructions. You migh also consider checking the tanks statistics. Make sure your humidity is a little higher when you ball python is shedding this way you dont have to help her with the shed. If you are using a heatlamp with an undertank heater then maybe consider turning the light off because those lights for some reason kill humidity.

[led4urhead]

When i soak my guys and girls i use another rubbermaid container. I fill it up only far enough to almost cover their bodies with tepid water ( as Marla said ). Then i put a wadded up paper towel inside to give them something to keep their head out of the water with. I put the lid back on and put a heating pad under one side of the rubbermaid. Anywhere from 20-35 mins later, they come out. The only time i soak though is if my bp's have had a bad shed ( probably the first with the two new guys ) or if they have been stuck in with poo for any length of time or it looks like they have crawled through it. Its probably not necessary, but i like to have a clean bp