Oh....Emm...Gee....new snakes!.

[Albert Clark]

I usually quarantine for 30 days. As far as the retained shed and eyecap you can put a couple of drops of mineral oil on a q tip to moisturize the area. You should bump up the humidity as well and that should shed off with her next shed cycle. Don't feed her until you have her well hydrated first. Do the pedialite or Gatorade mixed in the soaking water. A 50 / 50 mix is ok. Don't forget to retreat for the mites after 30 days to kill off the eggs and any remaining mites. Good luck.

[lady_bug87]

Originally Posted by Albert Clark

I usually quarantine for 30 days. As far as the retained shed and eyecap you can put a couple of drops of mineral oil on a q tip to moisturize the area. You should bump up the humidity as well and that should shed off with her next shed cycle. Don't feed her until you have her well hydrated first. Do the pedialite or Gatorade mixed in the soaking water. A 50 / 50 mix is ok. Don't forget to retreat for the mites after 30 days to kill off the eggs and any remaining mites. Good luck.

No to all of this.

No mineral oil. No Gatorade. And if you are using an electrolyte it's pedialyte and at most its 3:1 water to electrolyte.

Why not Gatorade? Well because it's full of artificial color, added sugars and other things. Unflavored pedialyte and pedialyte in General has less crap added to it since its suited for babies.

The snake will let go of the cap itself.

[Albert Clark]

Originally Posted by lady_bug87

No to all of this.

No mineral oil. No Gatorade. And if you are using an electrolyte it's pedialyte and at most its 3:1 water to electrolyte.

Why not Gatorade? Well because it's full of artificial color, added sugars and other things. Unflavored pedialyte and pedialyte in General has less crap added to it since its suited for babies.

The snake will let go of the cap itself.

Wrong! Gatorade is not FULL of artificial color, it has some. What it does have is electrolytes and that is what is needed to combat cases of dehydration and fluid replacement. If you read the Gatorade label it says "naturally flavored" with other natural flavors. Potassium and Sodium and Carbohydrates are the main ingredients in Gatorade. And sugars , that is what Gatorade has "FULL" of. The artificial color is so miniscule it's not even listed as a percentage or amount. It also has the endorsement of all major sports teams and running clubs and health organizations. So, it is a option in cases of mild to severe dehydration and fluid and electrolyte replacement. mineral oil is a very safe and effective lubricant and laxative if needed. What " CRAP" are you saying about Gatorade?????? There is a G2 version of Gatorade that is a more dilute concentration if that's what someone may want to use. Gatorade is a safe fluid replacement.

[lady_bug87]

Originally Posted by Albert Clark

Wrong! Gatorade is not FULL of artificial color, it has some. What it does have is electrolytes and that is what is needed to combat cases of dehydration and fluid replacement. If you read the Gatorade label it says "naturally flavored" with other natural flavors. Potassium and Sodium and Carbohydrates are the main ingredients in Gatorade. And sugars , that is what Gatorade has "FULL" of. The artificial color is so miniscule it's not even listed as a percentage or amount. It also has the endorsement of all major sports teams and running clubs and health organizations. So, it is a option in cases of mild to severe dehydration and fluid and electrolyte replacement. mineral oil is a very safe and effective lubricant and laxative if needed. What " CRAP" are you saying about Gatorade?????? There is a G2 version of Gatorade that is a more dilute concentration if that's what someone may want to use. Gatorade is a safe fluid replacement.

Ok. Mineral oil? Yea it won't kill it but why add extra stuff to it? The snake will shed fine without it. As long as she does what is right for husbandry it will resolve itself.

As for the Gatorade. You could soak what ever you want in whatever you want, BUT I disagree that its the best choice.

You're wrong. The.color that they use is on the label. It has to be. I know what I would rather use. It's up to you what you want to use.

The following labels are from Google. The first is the unflavored pedialyte, the second 2 are Gatorade and the last one is a Google search. Even in the flavored pedialyte it's under 2% of the ingredients. That's significantly lower than the Gatorade. Not to mention it lists both sugar and dextrose as the first 2 ingredients which means yes it's added sugar.

I'll say it again. Pedialyte is for babies. They're generally stricter on what goes into it.

[trailblazer295]

Originally Posted by Albert Clark

Wrong! Gatorade is not FULL of artificial color, it has some. What it does have is electrolytes and that is what is needed to combat cases of dehydration and fluid replacement. If you read the Gatorade label it says "naturally flavored" with other natural flavors. Potassium and Sodium and Carbohydrates are the main ingredients in Gatorade. And sugars , that is what Gatorade has "FULL" of. The artificial color is so miniscule it's not even listed as a percentage or amount. It also has the endorsement of all major sports teams and running clubs and health organizations. So, it is a option in cases of mild to severe dehydration and fluid and electrolyte replacement. mineral oil is a very safe and effective lubricant and laxative if needed. What " CRAP" are you saying about Gatorade?????? There is a G2 version of Gatorade that is a more dilute concentration if that's what someone may want to use. Gatorade is a safe fluid replacement.

Actually the best electrolyte for humans is coconut water. I don't know about reptiles so I won't guess on anything. But for humans it's the closest thing to our blood plasma actually to the point it's used in blood tranfusions around the world when human blood isn't available. It's also obviously a naturally occurring water without any additives. Sorry but blood transfusion trumps sports sponsorship.

[lady_bug87]

Originally Posted by trailblazer295

Actually the best electrolyte for humans is coconut water. I don't know about reptiles so I won't guess on anything. But for humans it's the closest thing to our blood plasma actually to the point it's used in blood tranfusions around the world when human blood isn't available. It's also obviously a naturally occurring water without any additives. Sorry but blood transfusion trumps sports sponsorship.

Boom 👊 i knew Gatorade wasn't right

Did not know about the blood transfusion thing though