So from my reading I have found that there are a few reasons a BP would be soaking in its water dish and for the most part they are all bad. Well I came in yesterday and saw my BP sittin in his water dish. In fact there was very little water left in it because he managed to fit most of himself in it. I took him out, inspected him for mites and whatnot and didn't see much. I had him out for probably about 20 minutes while i did some reading and he behaved normally. Put him back in and he went into his hide and slept. He came out at night, when I woke up he was back in his hide. I just now came home and he is back in his water dish.
There are 2 spots on his belly that have a little bit of a pink tint. Not like getting ready to shed or scale rot (we have been through that before). They are just a little rosy.
My ideas as to reasons...
1. temp- its too warm so they get in their water to cool off. My temps are pretty good 93 under the substrate directly under the RHP (on the thermostat). Surface temp is showing up in the upper 80s (with IR therm).
2. mites- he is on aspen shavings. I took him out and looked to the best of my ability and didn't see any mites. What exactly do they look like? Where would they be? Lots of them or maybe just 1 or 2?
3. stuck shed- none
Thanks!
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