OK, one of my snakes, Tia, has just done something which has me scratching my head. This is a two and a half year old snake, about 40" long and weighing in at just about 690 grams.

I moved Tia from a 20 gallon terrarium to a 40 gallon breeder with no problems about four months ago. Tia has a warm hide (93°) and a cool hide (that she prefers) at about 77°. Ambient is usually at about 83°. Humidity is usually between 60% - 65%. Thus far Tia has been eating well. She just moved up to a medium rat this last feeding.

Now, the behavior . . . two or three days ago, Tia started to curl up in the water dish. I had never seen her do this before. At her size, there's not much room for water when she is in the water dish so, for a few days now, it was only getting filled half way.

When I came home for lunch today, I found that Tia had burrowed UNDER the water dish with only a wee bit of herself showing. The substrate is about two inches thick in that particular spot. I suspect that she is about to go into shed but this behavior was just so different from her usual behavior that it has me scratching my head.

So, what is my snake trying to tell me?

Peace