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i was thinking of giving my ball a bath bc she is shedding the last time the temp of the water was 87.2 she went right out of it like she hated what are some ways i can give her a abth like a comtainer with a top on it with warm water.

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1.0.0 Black Rough Neck Monitor(Nemo)
1.1.0 Bearded dragons (Harry and Iggy my breeding pair)
0.1.0 Ball Python (Angel)

next NARBC show in pa hoping to get some of the following plz say which one you want.

1) a ball python(probly a het. for something)
2) a trio of ackies need some help with that tho.
3) a hogg boa(female probly)
4) a columbian red tail boa (male)
5) some more bearded dragons
6) users choice some animals you like

thanks

warmer water. My vet advises that i soak my snakes at water nearing 95-100degrees. Which, according to him, isnt as hot it sounds. We bathe in water much hotter than that he says. He says to have the water feel like what you would bathe a baby in or a little hotter.

Soak them in a contanior with a lid and lots of air holes, and always keep an eye on them and if they appear too stressed out remove them immediately.
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0.1 Bearded dragon
0.1 mexican kingsnake
1.0.2 Leopard Gecko's
0.0.1 Rose Hair Tarantula
1.0 BTS
0.0.1 Reverse Okeetee Corn
0.1 Bullmastiff
4.1 Cats

I use a tub w/lid and put a heating pad under and a prob into the water to monitor the water temp at ALL times.
I let them soak for 30-45 mins a time. If the snake has a bad shed invest in a bottle of shed ease..it will help.

I may be completely wrong about this, but over the years I've heard that if a snake needs to bathe, the snake will bathe without additional coaxing needed. Forcing a snake or "giving him a bath" to help him shed may actually dehydrate him, not to mention the stress it puts on him. Again, I've heard this a couple of times so I can't be sure that this is correct or not but it's something to consider.

I know you recently got the snake and she may have just been stressed last time, which may be why she shed wrong amoung other possible factors. Before forcing her into a bath, you may want to consider raising the humditiy in her cage up to about 75%, and let nature take it's course. If you stress out on one or two bad sheds, you may continue to stress her out thus causing her more bad sheds. Try to give her good humidity options, water dishes, a humid hide, raising humididty in the cage and leave her be. If she sheds bad this time, use the pillow case method to help her finish, and try again next time. Remember that the more interaction you have with her the more she's going to stress and the harder her "natural processes" will be. It's just how balls are designed.
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Tosha

1.2.0 Ball Python (Harry and Fluffy)
0.1.0 Siberian Husky (Kita)
0.2.0 Feline (Pippen and Pandora)
0.0.1 Dessert Tortoise (Pope)
5.4.2 Fish (1,2,3,4...)
0.0.1 Frog rescued from pool skimmer
0.0.2 Lizards rescued from pool skimmer