Clogged heat pits

[lochie]

Basically I noticed my yearling bredli has sand clogged in his or her heat pits. I was just going bath the snake in some warm water and try to clean it it out with a cotton tip.

However I figured on ask people on here if they had any ways of going about it.

 

[Pythoninfinite]

That's one of the many reasons why sand is not recommended as a substrate for snakes. It gets wet, has a bit of clay and other crap in it and it turns to a glutinous mess that clogs things like nostrils and heat pits up. Warm water will get rid of it on the snake, you should get rid of it from the enclosure.

Jamie