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Anyone who has not decided to swim with an anaconda should know that if you plan to take on this task...you need to be ready to move.

could the chlorine of a pool hurt a snake?
If not, my burmese would love it, I'm sure!
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~Sara~
5 ball pythons
1.0 Black-lined plated lizard (Lizzy Butt)
0.1 Burmese Python (Pixil)
lots of Rats
1.1 Dogs (Ozzie and Mandy)
0.1 Cat (Isis)
0.0.1 Synodontis Catfish (Big Spotty Fish)
0.1 Convict Cichlid
0.0.1 blood parrot cichlid
0.0.1 African Featherfin Catfish

I dont have a lot of time, but the short answer is...not likely. Young babies swim in chlorine filled pools, they get it in their eyes, up their nose, and swollow quite a bit...and they are fine.

Many times, frogs survive a swimming pool without any trouble. And they are soaking in every chemical through their skin.

A snake has less permiable skin than a human, and they have better senses than we do. Therefor, they will not drink water that is not suitable unless they are extremely dehydrated (near death).

If you have a healthy animal, and the chlorine levels in the pool are a tad on the lower side (the pool was not recently "shocked", I would not worry about it at all.

As an example: I certainly worry about the room being ventalated well if I clean with any effective bleach solution. I even worry a bit with higher concentrations of chlorohexadine. If I have a little bug spray on my hands and forget about it when I catch a frog, I quickly rush it to fresh water and I worry a lot about its health. But I do not worry about a 7ft anaconda swimming in a swimming pool treated with chlorine to keep bacteria growth down. I would certainly not allow the snake to swim in untreated water.

I hope that helps

soak the snake first in regular drinking water to ensure it is hydrated first if your truly worried after that, its a safe bet

lol i wanna swim with a huge snake soooo bad now damn