A friend of mine has had his juvenile Liasis fuscus (brown water python) for around a month now. Today he told me that the snake has been spending a lot of time sitting in his water bowl. Now, I know that's usually a bad sign for BP's but what about these guys? I mean, *WATER* python, right? Another piece of info is that the last time he defecated, which was a few days ago, he had very loose diarrhea. When I first heard both of these things I was suspicious, but my friend seemed less worried.

I told him to get a fecal float done, but I'm not sure if he will. At least, he will probably wait till the snake defecates again and see how it looks.

So, is it normal for Liasis fuscus to sit around in their water bowls?