3 days in water bowl.

I've read a number of threads on here regarding soaking and still cannot put my mind at ease.

My bp has been in his water dish going on three days.

I checked for mites, and found none. But totally cleaned his cage any way. And bought mite treatment just incase.

His belly is very pink, which makes me think he's going to shed, but what worries me is that he's never done this before?

I'd like to believe that he's just figured out he's able to fit in his dish to do this, whereas before his previous owner only had a tiny water dish for him.

Humidity is at 60%
Cool side at 80
Warm side 88

Checked the UTH temp and it's at 87

Could it be he just wants to kick it in his bowl? And is there any harm in soaking this long and should I take him out?

Any advice is appreciated.



-Amber

Also I'll had previous to this he started refusing food..going on 5 weeks.


-Amber

When you took the temp of the UTH how was it measured? Did you take the temp directly on the surface of the UTH?

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When you took the temp of the UTH how was it measured? Did you take the temp directly on the surface of the UTH?

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By temperature probe at the surface of the glass where the uth is.


-Amber

All of my bp's do this from time to time. Usually around shed. But my spider bp does it a lot. She just likes the water for some reason.

You mentioned you though he might be going into shed, does it look like he is in blue? Are his eyes clouded up?

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You mentioned you though he might be going into shed, does it look like he is in blue? Are his eyes clouded up?

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No eyes aren't cloudy yet. I'm hoping they will be today when I get home so I can stop freaking out.


-Amber

I really wouldn't stress too much. If the pink belly isn't a burn, and you didn't find mites (only adults are generally visible to the naked eye) then wait it out and see if he is in fact ready to shed. I have had snakes in the past sit in their water bowl for what seemed like 24/7 and others that barely went near it. Same goes for my lizards that I keep now.

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I really wouldn't stress too much. If the pink belly isn't a burn, and you didn't find mites (only adults are generally visible to the naked eye) then wait it out and see if he is in fact ready to shed. I have had snakes in the past sit in their water bowl for what seemed like 24/7 and others that barely went near it. Same goes for my lizards that I keep now.

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Would it be bad to treat for mites just incase? He's just never done this before.


-Amber

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Would it be bad to treat for mites just incase? He's just never done this before.


-Amber

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Opinions will vary I think. When you remove him from the water bowl do you see any black dots floating in the water bowl? They will look like poppy seeds. If not I would personally wait, just my opinion. It depends on what you mean by treating it. In my opinion treating for mites is a multi-week process. When my Bluey had mites, I had to dispose of all substrate, bleach the enclosures, bleach the plastic hides, soaked and baked wood decoration, treated the enclosure with Provent A Mite, lay down paper towels, a water bowl and hide, thats it, then treat the animal itself (depending on what you are using to treat the animal, it can cause drying out as well ex:reptile relief), check for mites and repeat treating the animal weekly until there were no more signs of mites. In my opinion it is good to take preventative measures for mites such as treating your enclosure with PAM when you do deep cleans.