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  • 09-28-2008, 09:31 PM
    Ray_in_Texas
    Sitting in water bowl-too warm or just soaking?
    Several times over last few days have noticed my BP coiled in water dish, is this normal or possibly a temp issue?

    temps are:
    under hot side hide(above UTH controlled with Johnson thermostat) 90
    under cool side hide:79
    ambient:79
    humidity:57%

    the water bowl is located in center of tank under infer-red heat lamp positioned about 8" above tank plugged into dimmer cord on about 1/2 power.

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  • 09-28-2008, 09:54 PM
    rishnack
    Re: Sitting in water bowl-too warm or just soaking?
    they usually only soak before a shed or if they got mites or something but temps sound a little low so heats not an issue, imo i would increase the heat on the cool and definantly move the water bowl from underneath the heat lamp, warm water is a bacti breeding ground and then your snake drinks it and gets sick
  • 09-28-2008, 09:56 PM
    Ray_in_Texas
    Re: Sitting in water bowl-too warm or just soaking?
    No mites, but it has been a few weeks since last shed.
  • 09-28-2008, 10:01 PM
    rishnack
    Re: Sitting in water bowl-too warm or just soaking?
    look if bellys pink thats usually a dead giveaway not all the time but alotta the time my younger ones will shed bout once a every 5 or 6 weeks
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