How long can a bp breathe underwater? +2nd Question

[Lady mkrj58]

I can only go by my experience with the Aspen The Bark and Forest floor .

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[Lady mkrj58]

Loving my forest floor substrate. another perfect shed today from my Brooks King

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[Sonny1318]

Did anybody answer the op's original question? Or did I miss it?

[tipposan]

I tend to bath my BP a day or two after they have had a really messy meal.

We like to handle him and let him roam around while we clean his tank and water dish.

I guess it is really up to how they are feeling cause there are times that he freely dunks his head while moving in and out of my hands and there are times that he does seem to "swim underwater" with his head under for longer than a dunk. Admittedly, I don't think that it is more than 10 seconds but it doesn't seem to harm them.

I never force him to keep his head underwater...it's all him.

If I want to "force" him to soak, I just make sure that there is only enough water to cover half his body and stick his hide in the water. He just goes in there and coils up with his head at the top.

Here's a picture of him soaking outside. I had his hide on top of his water bowl and he stayed put (hide taken off for picture).

Bit more water here cause it was a warm summer day.

DSC_0140 by closhusan, on Flickr

[Lady mkrj58]

I believe he/she must of read this thread .

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[cristacake]

Did anybody answer the op's original question? Or did I miss it?

Concerning how long they can hold their breath underwater? That, I can't find any reliable information on.

My Brazilian Rainbow Boa that I had for a little while would occasionally curl up in her water bowl. More like a water tub, really. Felt the need to do the poke test to to make sure she was alive lol. She would be just sitting completely submerged with her head under her coils (not squishing, just the way she usually preferred to sit even when above water) when I checked on her a couple of times. I figured that at these times I should leave her alone so I never stuck around to see how long she stayed under but she seemed to get fairly cozy in there. If it was just a quick dunk, I don't think she would have been coiled with her head under her body. I would easily believe 5 minutes, probably longer but I never saw her getting in so I couldn't possibly get an accurate time anyway.

Obviously BPs are completely different animals than BRBs though and I don't think they tend to go in water as much as part of their natural behavior so their breath holding time may be significantly shorter than a water-loving boa such as a BRB. My BP personally doesn't seem to care for soaking. I've only seen her put her own head underwater once and that was when I had recently gotten her and was not keeping the humidity high enough. When she did it, it was only for a second.

[Reinz]

There was Member here that posted a video of her BP swimming underwater in her tropical fish tank.

The snake would crawl up on the top of the tank and dive in.

[scottprotege]

There was Member here that posted a video of her BP swimming underwater in her tropical fish tank.

The snake would crawl up on the top of the tank and dive in.

Haha I would love to see that sounds like a cool video to watch. Let us know if you come across it eh?

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[scottprotege]

Oh man, just found it on YouTube. Users name is Alexandra and the video is called Swimming ball Python, pretty interesting

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[Slim]

Users name is Alexandra and the video is called Swimming ball Python, pretty interesting

Must be those Spider genes...