Hi,
I have 2 Royal pythons 1 female she is just over 9 months old, i have had her now for nearly 9 months, and 1 male, he is about 4 months old, i have only had him for 6 weeks. both are good feeders although the small male did take some Persuading at first to get him eating but he feeds fine now. they are in a 3ft wooden viv have hides, wood etc, i use the ceramic heat lamp with pulse stat, temps on the warm side are 90-95° Fahrenheit with 80-85° Fahrenheit on the cool side. there is a water bowl in the viv, now this is my worry, this last week or so both my snakes have been spending long periods in there water bowl now i know this is common around shedding time, i will add that when they go down for shed i do add to the viv a container of damp spagnum moss, i have now started to remove the water bowl at night because if i dont they both lie in it night and day and when i go into them they are both feel realy cold, i have searched the net for info about spending long periods in there water bowls but didnt get very much info, it did say that prolonged periods in there water bowls could be a sign of infestation of mites, i have checked them both and there are no signs of mites, both are in very good condition. i spot clean the viv then every 3 weeks i take out all the substrate and thoroughly clean the viv from top to bottom, the substrate i use is Repti Bark. would be grateful for any advise