Water Bowl

[Old Sloppy]

My BP makes an oily slime in her water bowl and there will be bubbles.
Of course I clean it regularly.
Can any one tell me if this is from her peeing in the water dish ?
Or is she swimming and do oils come from her scales ?
Just wondering.....

Harry

[Andybill]

If they soak they can lose some oil from their scales in the water. My guess if it looks like its oily it is indeed skin oils but there is a chance that your snake has also urinated in the bowl too. Thats the importance of changing the water out regularly which I am glad to hear that you are doing so. If it is bubbly and slimey my guess is that it is urates...