Justin, when I got my first bp, I brought him home and he immediately went for the water bowl and soaked for over 24 hours straight. I have a couple pics of him soaking for the first time in my gallery. As David said, they will soak if the temps are too high... which mine were (by only 3 degrees!!). I try to think of a bp's temps like this... Our body normal temps (humans) are 98.6, and if we are even a degree over that we not only are, but feel hot. Since snakes are cold-blooded, whatever the cage temp is also their body temp. So imagine being a ball python in a 100 degree tank. Just my 2 cents, check the temps time and time again, check the humidity, check for mites, and if none of those are the case it's probably just loosening it's skin. In a rare case, your snake is soaking to help its shed, even if the other signs are yet to be displayed.