I've heard UVA will help a snake's color and luster, i was wondering if there is anything i can do to make my python's skin look better, healthier, cleaner. Baby oil, etc
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Anything to benfit a snake's skin
Dillon
Sep 09, 2008 07:07 PM
Replies (5)
Luke9815
Sep 09, 2008 10:14 PM
works wonders....
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Luke Martin
Bronze Serpent Reptiles
illbeyoursoldier
Sep 10, 2008 12:32 PM
N/P
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illbeyoursoldier
Sep 10, 2008 12:35 PM
I was just wondering if you were kidding or serious.
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illbeyoursoldier
Sep 10, 2008 12:35 PM
I was always under the assumption that UVA lights are not necessary for ball pythons. They prefer the dark.
A ball python in the wild avoids daytime/sunlight... burrows during the day and hunts at night. So UVA is providing something that they don't really need.
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Cheers!
• Chelsea Lynn Gardiner
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littleleeper23
Sep 12, 2008 08:02 AM
HI dillon,
To keep a BPs skin looking its best. KEEP IT HEALTHY!! Really just keeping good control on humidity is the best thing you can do.
NEVER use baby oil!!!!!!!!! The oils will plug any pores in the skin and at a minimum will keep the skin from breathing properly. COULD even kill it!!!!
A UVA light makes the iridescence show very nice but I would not do it consistently. If it is an albino there is a good chance it could do retinal damage!!! I know of a couple of albino RES turtles that have gone blind from sunlight exposure.
There is no pigment in the pupil to protect them from UV rays.
God Bless, Lee Van Hyfte
