soaking as a sign of ovulation in youngish BP

[DMills]

Hi all,
I have a 2012 female lesser that is right at the 1000 gram mark. She recently started soaking out of nowhere. She lives in a rack with 4 other snakes, no one new has been added. I've checked all the obvious problems (e.g. mites) and she's clean. Husbandry is right on (91 hot spot, 82 ambient, humidity 65%). She's never soaked pre-shed so I don't think it's that. I have read that some females will soak when they are getting ready to ovulate - could this be the case even though she's on the young side? She's obviously not physically (size wise) ready to breed but could she be ovulating anyway? Thanks in advance!

[kylearmbar]

Sometimes if it's not a bad infestation it's hard to see on the actual snake, try checking the water bowl. Otherwise they soak there bottom if they need helping passing a large bowl movement. They cannot ovulate without breeding.

[DMills]

I checked the water and it's clear - I had a herp friend also take a look at the water bowl just to make sure I wasn't missing anything, looks clear. The bowel movement thing could be it - she didn't eat tonight. She otherwise looks and acts fine.