Can Snakes Swim In Saltwater Pools?

[Beagle San]

So once school starts back up im gonna get myself a corn snake, and im wondering if i can put my snake in a saltwater pool? Its my grandmas pool, (shes not too far so it wouldnt be too stressful during the trip) so i dont know if she uses any chemicals, i can ask if needed. :p Thanks in advance! :D

[infernalis]

subjecting a terrestrial snake to any kind of pool at all is a very bad idea, please don't.

[sgtsnake]

What would posses you to put it in a pool? Don't yout have a bathtub?

[pdomensis]

I must be missing something; I don't get the question at all.

[Mikoh4792]

There is no need to put a corn snake in a pool or a tub of water. Soaking and swimming are unnecessary for a healthy snake.

[Tsubaki]

I don't see why you would let a healthy snake swim either, or bathe them for that matter.

[sgtsnake]

I put my retics in the tub and they poop real good

[Tsubaki]

I don't put my snakes in a tub, and trust me.. they can poop fine. Especially when i just cleaned.

[Mikoh4792]

I don't put my snakes in a tub, and trust me.. they can poop fine. Especially when i just cleaned.

+1 Healthy snakes poop without aid from soaking.

[millertime89]

I put my snakes in the tub only when they make a real mess of their cage to clean them off and sometimes if they've had a bad shed. I would never put them in a pool, let alone a salt water one. There's no telling what the chemicals or the salt would do and it's a risk I would rather not take.

I do like it when the snakes poop in the tub, but it's not necessary, just means I don't have to clean their tub/cage again.

[Teal]

Doing so offers absolutely zero benefits to your future snake, and possibly offers harm. I'm not sure why this is even a thought, honestly?

[franks]

I put my retics in the tub and they poop real good

Kinda like an oatmeal bath eh....

[sgtsnake]

I don't put my snakes in a tub, and trust me.. they can poop fine. Especially when i just cleaned.


That's me 90% of the time. I clean it out all nice. Get it looking good and fresh and within a few hours she just ****'s and pisses everwhere

[LiL Zap]

No! The chemicals and salt could harm your snake very badly!

[millertime89]

That's me 90% of the time. I clean it out all nice. Get it looking good and fresh and within a few hours she just ****'s and pisses everwhere

God I hate it when they do this... I've been lucky a few times when I'm pulling them out to clean and I've noticed they're about to go I'll take them to the toilet and massage it out and just flush it down.

[Mad Max]

I'm not sure why this is even a thought, honestly?

I wonder the same thing.

[StudentoReptile]

I wonder the same thing.

Its because there's usually not any others [thoughts, that is].

[Beagle San]

Huh. I feel pretty stupid now. My cousin says he does it all the time in his saltwater pool, so i just figured id check here. My bad :\

[StudentoReptile]

How long has your cousin been doing this? We have to wonder as well, do his snake do well, does he take fairly good care of them? [i.e. do any of them die frequently?]

Sorry for the bashing, but every so often, a question like this comes down the pike, and we are all really scratching our heads about what put that idea in the OP's head.

[IW17]

Let's keep in mind that at least the question was asked first to make sure it was OK. Although those of us with experience might find this question ridiculous, at least the Op had the foresight to ask before just assuming it was OK and doing it anyways.

[Mikoh4792]

Sorry for the bashing, but every so often, a question like this comes down the pike, and we are all really scratching our heads about what put that idea in the OP's head.

Huh. I feel pretty stupid now. My cousin says he does it all the time in his saltwater pool, so i just figured id check here. My bad :\

Don't feel stupid. You came here to learn because you didn't know. That's a good thing. But I would say sometimes it's appropriate to treat these questions as such in order to get the point across. Nothing personal.

[Beagle San]

How long has your cousin been doing this? We have to wonder as well, do his snake do well, does he take fairly good care of them? [i.e. do any of them die frequently?]

Sorry for the bashing, but every so often, a question like this comes down the pike, and we are all really scratching our heads about what put that idea in the OP's head. Yeah i understand, i just thought i would check, and im gonna go call my cousin and tell him he needs to stop. All i know is that he has a boa of some sort and shes been alive for at least a year, and i am not sure how long he has been doing it.