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Snake bathing
- Thread starter kthorped
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Canadain Eh?
New member
Are you expected to put them in the water? I just have a huge water bowl and let him go in when he want's to.
Rachel
Vet nurse in training!
I bathe mine in the bath but it's probably safer and easier to do it in a tub or old baby bath (or something similar). If you do use bath make sure you are ALWAYS there keeping an eye on your snake so it doesn't escape through the overflow. They can also manage to crawl up and out the bath (I've watched mine do it!).
Apart from keeping a close eye on them here are some other pointers:
-water should be tepid (slightly cool to the touch)
-only fill up tub a couple of inches
-put a rock or something similar in with the snake so it can get out of the water and relax if it wants
-if you do use the bath, make sure you clean it out really well BEFORE and AFTER you give your snake a bath!
Hope this helps!
Apart from keeping a close eye on them here are some other pointers:
-water should be tepid (slightly cool to the touch)
-only fill up tub a couple of inches
-put a rock or something similar in with the snake so it can get out of the water and relax if it wants
-if you do use the bath, make sure you clean it out really well BEFORE and AFTER you give your snake a bath!
Hope this helps!
Merlin0511
New member
What do you meen clean it out? Just with some bar soap or body soap or what?
Merlin0511
New member
And I also heard that you should bathe the snake in luke warm water is that true?
QuickSilver
New member
If you use your bathtub or sink you would want to disinfect/sanitize it with a bleach solution after your snakes bath. And maybe before as you wouldn't want any human type bacteria or fungus transferring to the snake, just rinse really well so there is no residue.
QuickSilver
New member
So my dh has friends over last night and wants to show off the snake. . .
and of course, the first question they have is "Is it poisonous?" Why do people ask that?
Anyway on to the behavior related comment, Silver, a 2002 hatchling, stays curled up under his rock on the warm side most of the time, but he eats well and when handled is active. Last night, though, he must have known he was on display because he was out and about, up the wall of the viv, under the bark on the floor of the viv and out. My dd took his rock out and since he's apparently less fond of his log (more space inside so maybe he feels less secure) which we put over on the warm side, he kept cruising for an hour or more.
So, I'm wondering, does anyone else notice behavior differences depending on the hide? Do you notice preferences?
He did have a tube, one end on the warm side and one on the cool side and he was so happy (I assume because he could touch both sides and felt secure) that he just stopped coming out unless I coaxed him. I finally took the tube out.
and of course, the first question they have is "Is it poisonous?" Why do people ask that?
Anyway on to the behavior related comment, Silver, a 2002 hatchling, stays curled up under his rock on the warm side most of the time, but he eats well and when handled is active. Last night, though, he must have known he was on display because he was out and about, up the wall of the viv, under the bark on the floor of the viv and out. My dd took his rock out and since he's apparently less fond of his log (more space inside so maybe he feels less secure) which we put over on the warm side, he kept cruising for an hour or more.
So, I'm wondering, does anyone else notice behavior differences depending on the hide? Do you notice preferences?
He did have a tube, one end on the warm side and one on the cool side and he was so happy (I assume because he could touch both sides and felt secure) that he just stopped coming out unless I coaxed him. I finally took the tube out.
13mur 6
Junior Researcher, MSKCC
Yep, my snakes seem to have their favorite hides, and actually recognize the object they hide under. Especially after cleaning, I'll put the water bowl in and add the snake, then I'll add the hides, and once their favorite hide begins to enter the cage, they'll go up and try to hide under it even before it's down. My amel's favorite hide is a half of a coconut shell with a hole drilled into it.
About that tube thing, you can cut the tube in half, and then your snake doesn't need to be coaxed out (I hate hides that actually have "holes" in them where the snakes can crawl in to).
Hahaha, yeah, people I know ask if my snakes are poisonous. This one dude would not believe me that my sinaloan milk was not poisonous, he just would not go near.
-13mur 6
About that tube thing, you can cut the tube in half, and then your snake doesn't need to be coaxed out (I hate hides that actually have "holes" in them where the snakes can crawl in to).
Hahaha, yeah, people I know ask if my snakes are poisonous. This one dude would not believe me that my sinaloan milk was not poisonous, he just would not go near.
-13mur 6
bmm
New member
QuickSilver its funny you mentioned your experience with a tube.
I have a shy female Anery. Christmas time this past year I see a used wrapping paper cardboard tube and I think "hey what would be better then giving her a dark hide across the entire gradient of heat?"
Yeah right.
She ended up refuseing to come out of the tube for three months.She woud eat from the tube (no matter how large the mouse she would pull it in, and only stick her head out so I couldnt grab her) and if I tried sticking something in the tube she would let herself be poked instead of crawling out. I tried luring her out, sliding her out, and starving her out. I couldn't jsut rip it up though because I didnt want to hurt her and I could slid anything in far enough to cut safely since I couldn't see.
Finally one day after I had really had enough, and the tube was starting to stink because she peed in it, I see her out late late at night for the first time in a long time and I snatch the cage out of the rack and whip that tube out of there so fast! I actually think I shouted "Yes take that! I won!!!" LOL LOL
bmm
I have a shy female Anery. Christmas time this past year I see a used wrapping paper cardboard tube and I think "hey what would be better then giving her a dark hide across the entire gradient of heat?"
Yeah right.
She ended up refuseing to come out of the tube for three months.She woud eat from the tube (no matter how large the mouse she would pull it in, and only stick her head out so I couldnt grab her) and if I tried sticking something in the tube she would let herself be poked instead of crawling out. I tried luring her out, sliding her out, and starving her out. I couldn't jsut rip it up though because I didnt want to hurt her and I could slid anything in far enough to cut safely since I couldn't see.
Finally one day after I had really had enough, and the tube was starting to stink because she peed in it, I see her out late late at night for the first time in a long time and I snatch the cage out of the rack and whip that tube out of there so fast! I actually think I shouted "Yes take that! I won!!!" LOL LOL
bmm
haha
Technically, I guess one should ask "Is it venemous?" but yeah that's usually the first thing people ask me when they hear I have a snake.
I use paper towel rolls for snakes under 2' long (toilet paper tube for hatchings) and boy did I have a hard time getting them out at times much like some of you.
Using the halves didn't work with some of my more energetic babies cuz they'd always flip them over.
Now I do just ONE lengthwise cut along the whole roll. This way, the corn has the protection and coverage of a full tube, yet I can get it out anytime by stretching open the tube and slipping the snake out by the cut.
Technically, I guess one should ask "Is it venemous?" but yeah that's usually the first thing people ask me when they hear I have a snake.
I use paper towel rolls for snakes under 2' long (toilet paper tube for hatchings) and boy did I have a hard time getting them out at times much like some of you.
Using the halves didn't work with some of my more energetic babies cuz they'd always flip them over.
Now I do just ONE lengthwise cut along the whole roll. This way, the corn has the protection and coverage of a full tube, yet I can get it out anytime by stretching open the tube and slipping the snake out by the cut.