Skin Moisturizer for Snakes?

[ja...@megamed.com]

My Albino Python seems to have
slightly dry skin. Even after shedding. Besides
making the environment moister, what cat I use
to moisten the skin?

[Michael Stephen Grace]

You've already got the answer: WATER. Nothing else required,
and many things could cause damage. Use humidity, damp
substrate,larger water conteiner, etc.

[Pamela L. Gay]

After soaking, coat animal in veg oil (or Vit E oil I've heard works better). It will help
trap in the waters moisture. I've primarily used this to help heal scars and burns, but
it should work for everyday dry skin.

Pamela 2192...@msu.edu
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[Tyranny340]

Try coating the snake in mineral oil after soaking, works great.

[Eddie Butler]

[Snip]

> >ja...@megamed.com writes:
> >> My Albino Python seems to have
> >> slightly dry skin. Even after shedding. Besides
> >> making the environment moister, what cat I use
> >> to moisten the skin?
> >
> >You've already got the answer: WATER. Nothing else required,
> >and many things could cause damage. Use humidity, damp
> >substrate,larger water conteiner, etc.
> >
> After soaking, coat animal in veg oil (or Vit E oil I've heard works better). It will
help
> trap in the waters moisture. I've primarily used this to help heal scars and burns,
but
> it should work for everyday dry skin.

[Snip]
Please don't cover snakes in oil as a matter of course, it's not natural, they don't
expect it. If your snake is too dry just raise the humidity a little, give it a
water container which it can have a soak in, alternatively put some sphagnum moss
in one corner of the vivarium and spray it with water occassionally so that it
remains slightly damp. Oil is OK to use to get rid of parasites such as ticks,
if used in small local areas, but covering a snake in oil just does not seem right
to me. I appologise if I seem critical of the oil suggesstion but in fifteen years
of reptile husbandry I have never heard this recommended before.
Hope this helps.
Eddie
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[Phillip Dauben]

> My Albino Python seems to have
> slightly dry skin. Even after shedding. Besides
> making the environment moister, what cat I use
> to moisten the skin?

I use Nature's Reptile's "Vita-Spray". At first, I just thought it
was a bogus product, but after using it a while, my snakes skin became
more vibrant and more colorful. It also seemed to end the dryness.

Phillip

[Rebecca Sobol]

In article <55079...@page1.demon.co.uk> Eddie Butler
<Ed...@page1.demon.co.uk> writes:

[Snip]

> >ja...@megamed.com writes:
> >> My Albino Python seems to have
> >> slightly dry skin. Even after shedding. Besides
> >> making the environment moister, what cat I use
> >> to moisten the skin?
> >

> >You've already got the answer: WATER. Nothing else required,
> >and many things could cause damage. Use humidity, damp
> >substrate,larger water conteiner, etc.
> >
> After soaking, coat animal in veg oil (or Vit E oil I've heard works better). It will
help
> trap in the waters moisture. I've primarily used this to help heal scars and burns,
but
> it should work for everyday dry skin.
[Snip]
Please don't cover snakes in oil as a matter of course, it's not natural, they don't
expect it. If your snake is too dry just raise the humidity a little, give it a
water container which it can have a soak in, alternatively put some sphagnum moss
in one corner of the vivarium and spray it with water occassionally so that it
remains slightly damp. Oil is OK to use to get rid of parasites such as ticks,
if used in small local areas, but covering a snake in oil just does not seem right
to me. I appologise if I seem critical of the oil suggesstion but in fifteen years
of reptile husbandry I have never heard this recommended before.
Hope this helps.
Eddie
-

I'll second this. Don't use oil. If a snake's skin is dry then your
environment isn't humid enough. Using oil as a matter of course will
cause shedding problems for you later on. Correcting the humidity is
a much better, much healthier long term solution to the problem.

Rebecca Sobol
so...@ofps.ucar.edu
http://www.atd.ucar.edu/rdp/ris/ris_herp.html

[Andrew Gravatt]

A colleague of mine who keeps 6 snakes of varying kinds species
suggests

Aeresol spray with warm water
Giving regular baths in warm water

regards
Andrew

--
Andrew Gravatt - UK

[Brigdit]

In article <3sptj8$n...@ixnews3.ix.netcom.com>, phil...@ix.netcom.com
(Phillip Dauben ) writes:

> I use Nature's Reptile's "Vita-Spray". At first, I just thought it
>was a bogus product, but after using it a while, my snakes skin became
>more vibrant and more colorful. It also seemed to end the dryness.

2 Questions
What is this stuff made out of anyway?
How is it suppossed to work?