baby soap? or do they make something just for snakes?
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how do you wash a boa?
manhattagators
Oct 05, 2008 06:37 PM
Replies (4)
jscrick
Oct 05, 2008 06:49 PM
Why would you wash a boa?
What I do if they seem to have come into contact with something foul such as stool, urates, or regurge -- is wipe them down with a Chlorhexadine solution on paper towels.
jsc
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killerchondros
Oct 08, 2008 09:00 AM
Evolution made shedding...it's free and safe!
Slithering_Serpents
Oct 08, 2008 01:15 PM
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Slithering_Serpents
Oct 08, 2008 01:31 PM
If you really have to, use a few drops of Ivory liquid dish soap (less drying than Dawn, and more mild too) in a gallon of water and soak them. (Stick them in a tub of clean water first, and let them drink, because boas follow Murphy's Law, but only when they feel like it and only when you're not looking!). : ) Then soak them in the soapy water for a few minutes. Soap dries out boa skin which leads to bad sheds, so don't do this on a regular basis. This is for when your boa was playing in the yard with a skunk or laying on a regurgitation or something! : )
I like jscrick's idea of wiping them down with Nolvasan on a paper towel. That'll likely take care of most stuff. If you see your boa lying in a pile of poo, get out your blue stuff.
OK I have to ask . . . How does a boa get THAT dirty anyway? : )
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