there's usually 3 main reasons for a snake soaking: mites, dehydration/upcoming shed, and/or their personality.
everyone is going to ask you to check for mites, and you should! get a white towel (or white paper towel) and have the snake slither through; the mites will show up as little black specs moving about.
in my own experience with a soaking snake: i only have one that soaks semi-regularly, and it just seems to be her routine when she has a shed coming up
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