bath time?!

[Snakeman]

last night before i went to sleep, i saw Osiris decided to give himself a bath.no problem with that.what bothered me was that when i woke up this morning,he was still there!! should i be worried? im hoping the water didnt cool him down to the point where he cant move or something.

[djslurp1200]

Well he could be soaking for a number of reasons...


-maybe he's getting ready to shed?
-Because he has mites (not saying he does but could be a possibility maybe?)
-to thermoregulate?
-maybe he feels secure in his small water dish?

Those are just a couple possibilities... with more information it would be easier to gauge why he might be in there... I've had some snakes that would just soak every once in a while... didn't have mites and the temps were dead on in their enclosure but they would occasionally take a dip and chill out every once and a while.

[djslurp1200]

im hoping the water didnt cool him down to the point where he cant move or something.

Ball pythons thermoregulate, so he would have come out if he felt it was too cold for comfort.

[Snakeman]

Ball pythons thermoregulate, so he would have come out if he felt it was too cold for comfort.

yeah i told myself the same thing after.maybe when i get home he'll be out and slithering around.