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just how do you bath a snake?

B

blito

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I know that a bath of cool-but-not-cold water has several benefits for cornsnakes but i was wondering just how is best to do it?
I`ve given Chione a quick wash using a 12" saucepan full of water that was slightly warmer than room temp, held her in one hand and tried to get her interested.. she sniffed at it and tried to crawl up my arm. Ok, so then i took her and glently immersed her midriff in the water and she wasn`t impressed, rattling her tail etc :) . Then i tied just holding her whilst using my other hand to pour water over and this was slightly more successful . afterwards i placed her on a towel and let her slither around a little before putting her back in the tank.
Well, does this sound acceptable to you guys? and although she didn`t seem to enjoy her bath will it have been beneficial?

Edited by ME on 17/12/02 because i cant spell!
 
I use my bathtub :)


my larger corn loves it. the smaller one is still a little skitish but as long as he finds something to wrap his tail around in the tub till he gets brave enough to venture out on his own. Most of the time they will hang together in the tub and swim and exercise. Becareful when it gets larger.....both mine love to poo in the tub. So i wait till they poo wash it out and put them back in with clean water for a little while.
 
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