Soaking Ball

[Jayrhamlin]

So I have a 950g female who has been sitting in her water bowl almost non stop for about 2.5 weeks. No mites (that I can see), no sign of an upcoming shed. Up until 5 days ago she was as in a custom enclosure in which she had 3 hides - 1 hot, 1 cool and a humid hide. Since then she has been moved to a rack where humidity has been more stable (in the 50s). Any ideas why she is doing this? I've only had her since November but she has never sat in her water dish before. I guess my main question is whether or not it may be potential harmful for her to continue this. Would it be wrong of me to simply swap her water dish with something too small for her to soak in? Not sure if this is relevant or not but she has been on a feeding strike since December 31st. It is my assumption that this is simply her 1000g strike. Any input is appreciated.

J

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[snakesRkewl]

She's telling you something, removing her ability to show you what's up won't help.

She's got mites or maybe she's not used to the heat/humidity your supplying versus what she was in before.
After she soaks for a good long period pull the water bowl to a bright light source and maybe even grab a magnifying glass and scope out the water bowl real good.
Soaking for so long shouldn't be too much of an issue otherwise.

[Jayrhamlin]

Her environment was consistent up to and including the time she started soaking. Because of the type of enclosure, humidity was difficult to keep up, hence the humid hide. In was hoping she would break this habit once I moved her to a tub but so far she hasn't.

I checked for mites with a mag glass under bright light and with paper towels 3 times and I have seen anything.

As long as it's not doing any harm I will leave the water bowl in there.

I should also mention she hasn't shed since November 25th. Her feeding started in January. Is it safe to assuming they won't shed if they aren't eating?

The only thing I can add is her hides were on the bigger side. I think I'll get some more appropriate sized hides and see if that does the trick.

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[MarkLeishman]

They only shed when they grow, im no expert but i assume if she doesnt eat, she wont really tend to grow.

[BPro927]

Double check the heat, might be to hot. Maybe a malfunction somewhere.

[snakesRkewl]

A snake that isn't eating will shed far less often, but they still shed