My son poured rubbing alchol on my baby corn snake?

Question

please help im not too sure what i should do... my son just poured rubbing anchol onto my baby corn snake...he was in his feeding tank so. i then placed him back into hisregular tank and poured water all over him...is there anything else i should do...????? please help

Answer 1

soak the snake in water deep enough for it to swim in...of course watch the snake constantally while he is in the water.  then call the vet and explain to them what happened and ask them if the snake will be ok...vets know that accidents happen it wont be the first time they have heard of an accident with children and animals...thats just life.

good luck!

Answer 2

Ok so if you went to the vets they would think you were abusing it so thats not the best thing to do as it will probably end up you getting the snake taken off you and paying a large fine.

Soak the snake in lukewarm water followed by neutralizing the alcohol. For example red wine can be neutralized with white wine. Check on the internet for how to neutralize the certain type of alcohol. If you don't it will result to the snake being in terrible pain and most probably dieing.

Good luck though !

Answer 3

1)clean your tank and get new water aswell

2) Fill your tub up with WARM (not too hot not too cold)water, and let hi swim around for abit to loosten the alcohol and some will come off, then dry him off by hand with a paper towel or a clean cloth

3) If he starts to act differently bring him to a vet immediatly.

Hope I helped,

Adam

Answer 4

low level (like just enough to cover your snake) of warmish water in the bath let him have a bit of a swim that should get the worst of it off

i do have a question tho.....why

Answer 5

i would say fill your tub with a bit of water and put the snake in there so when he swims around he gets the alcohol off of him.

then when you take him out put him on a towel so the rest gets rubbed off.

Answer 6

i would hurry and put it in a shallow dish of water (if it's too much he'll swim out) and let the snake soak in the water. Rinse him off first to get what you can off so he's not soaking in it. Snakes will be fine soaking in water, you usually can catch your snake sleepin in its water bowl. Do NOT use soap or anything, not good.

NOTE: I would NOT put wine on a snake. I understand little kids do things like that. All you need to do is put him in a lil water and let him SOAK it up. Thats all you need to do.