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Bath Time

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Rocky Raccoon

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So its been a rough day and I did some stuff Im not proud of like trying to cohabitate my 5 month old with a 2.5 month old and am now worried about cross contamination for both. Both are healthy and look great but I just want to make sure they are clean, so how does one go about giving their snake a bath? Thanks for the responses.
 
Have a nice size box (sorry I don't know the word i'm looking for) and fill it with water. This can't be too hot (relized past experiense) or your snake will, as I've said "Spazz" out. A good way to get the water at a nice temperature is put cool or hot water in it and let it sit for a good while. Once it feels not to hot or cold you can let your snake in. Always have your hand under your snake just in case.


P.S. Just thought where else you can do it, in a bathroom sink.
 
Not too warm, make sure it's room temp. I don't wash with any soap or anything. You can do this in the sink now and if you get something with soap do it with that. :shrugs:
 
If you wash a snake in the bathroom sink, remember to SECURELY plug up those overflow holes... otherwise you might lose your snake to the drains!! :eek1:
 
Is there a reason that you suspect they need to be cleaned? If they look clean and feel clean, they probably are. If they are truly dirty, then I'd take a slightly warm damp wash cloth and lay the snake on it, fold it over the snake and apply very (very) light pressure and let the snake 'squirm out.' The snake will wipe itself clean.

If both of your snakes are healthy and their vivs are clean, I don't seen any reason to clean them simply because they were together. If one actually has a contagious sickness, you wouldn't be able to bathe it away anyway.

But with respect to 'bathing,' I've allowed my corn and some other snakes to soak (like before shedding). I take a small rubbermaid and place enough water in it so that its about as deep as the snake is thick, but no more. My experience is that if the water it too deep, they look like they panic. Then I let them soak for about 10 minutes. I might do this once or twice right after the snake is out of blue and just before it sheds.
 
Hypancistrus said:
If you wash a snake in the bathroom sink, remember to SECURELY plug up those overflow holes... otherwise you might lose your snake to the drains!! :eek1:
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I definately agree with you Hypancistrus - I had a very close scare with this a little while ago!
My snake was happily swimming around in the sink and all of a sudden zoomed up and stuck his head in the little overflow hole!! I grabbed him just in time and pulled him back out but it was a real scare!
 
You should search for Desertanimal's story about how she nearly lost her snake down a bathtub overflow hole. She had to take the entire thing apart to get the snake out!

As for testing the water, use the inside of your wrist. It should feel neither warm nor cold. However, I don't usually advocate bathing snakes. If the snakes caught a disease or something from each other, a bath won't cure it anyway.
 
BeckyG said:
If the snakes caught a disease or something from each other, a bath won't cure it anyway.
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Exactly. baths are just stressful, and in your case, theres no real purpose.
taking a bath doesnt get rid of diseases. It may get a bit of dirt off, but where would this dirt be coming from? theres really no point to it.

and SkyChimps Idea is a good one, If your really worried about some kind of dirt... :shrugs: then use a towel. it will clean the snake better then a bath, and i suspect it would be less stressful
 
SkyChimp said:
Is there a reason that you suspect they need to be cleaned? If they look clean and feel clean, they probably are. If they are truly dirty, then I'd take a slightly warm damp wash cloth and lay the snake on it, fold it over the snake and apply very (very) light pressure and let the snake 'squirm out.' The snake will wipe itself clean.

If both of your snakes are healthy and their vivs are clean, I don't seen any reason to clean them simply because they were together. If one actually has a contagious sickness, you wouldn't be able to bathe it away anyway.
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Ditto: no need to give the snake a bath, just keep them seperate for now.
 
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