hognose sleeping in his water dish

Just got my hognose a couple of weeks ago and he has been fine but to day I found him sleeping in his water dish so I was wondering if this is normal .I took him out to check for mites he has non but he was rather cold .his temps are 30 and 26 .we have been having a heat wave where I live so could he be just getting too hot

Not really especially from a hognose.

First guess would be mites, over heating, over fed, you need to investigate because this is not a typical for a hog.

26 and 30 are far from too hot for a hognose most people keep them at 27 cool 33 hot.

What bedding are you using and how deep is it?

It was the temps the people I got it from kept him at .i use
aspen bedding it's deep enough for him to borrow in also the temps I mentioned are the base temps but my room get to the 90F recently because of hot weather I checked for mites but he he has non that I can see, should I take him to the vets to get him checked

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Originally Posted by Barthojak

It was the temps the people I got it from kept him at .i use
aspen bedding it's deep enough for him to borrow in also the temps I mentioned are the base temps but my room get to the 90F recently because of hot weather I checked for mites but he he has non that I can see, should I take him to the vets to get him checked

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If the room is at 90 just unplug the heat and just use ambient I do it all the time with various species.

If that was my snakes I would pre-treat for mites whether needed or not and make sure to keep the animal cool by making sure cold water is in the bowl at all time and having a fan circulating the air in the room.

A vet is not likely to find anything, it's you as the owner that need to investigate and keep an eye on the animal, because no one know YOUR animal better than YOU.