I just added an XL Repti Rock water bowl to Simon's enclosure, in hopes of helping with the humidity. I was able to maintain the humidity with twice-daily misting, but I'm hoping the larger bowl will help minimize the misting. So far, it seems to be making a pretty big difference with keeping the humidity levels more stable.

Simon soaks when he's about to shed (regardless of how high his humidity is kept), and I'm just wondering if there's anything to be concerned about with such a large bowl (2" deep, 11" diameter). He can easily fully submerge himself, and he can't just plop himself in it and tip his nose up, like he could with the previous bowl. In the wild, I know they have access to real bodies of water, and they presumably aren't drowning en masse, so can I reasonably expect him not to pull a Virginia Woolf?

On some of the soaking threads, I see people talking about snakes drowning, which seems odd to me (if the soak is conducted in a sensible fashion), but what do I know? In all of my Googling, I can't really find any examples of snakes drowning in their water bowls.

Also, I'm about to switch him from Repti Bark to aspen and wondering how I should expect that to affect the humidity.

Thanks!