Quote Originally Posted by dakski View Post
My guess is 90F is a little hot for her on the hot side, but I don't know that for sure. I would imagine 86F is probably a good hot spot. However, ambient seems okay.

Is she eating? Have you ruled out mites? Does she have appropriates sized hides and on the hot and cool sides? It might not be a water issue, but rather, a safety issue. I think I recall seeing a picture of her in the jar and she looked pretty tight.

The only time I see my corn snakes in the water bowl is when it gets too hot (in the summer) and I have to adjust the thermostat down. If the ambient gets above 82F, they are not happy. They go right in the water bowl to try and cool off. However, I am guessing that isn't your problem.

How are you checking temps?
Thanks for replying so thoughtfully! I appreciate it!

Eating great, no mites that I can see (and she's pink, so I think it would be easy to see them). Has both hot and cool hides.
I will try adjusting the heating mat down. I have both a probe on the heating pad, and I have an ambient temp/humidity monitor. I also use a laser thermometer gun to make sure the hot hide is not too hot, since the probe is right on the heating mat I wanted to make sure it was accurate to the true temperature.

The jar is very wide at the top, but I am worried she might get too cold in the water soaking that long, and not be able to get out because she's too stiff and cold. I am still learning about snakes, but it just doesn't seem normal to have a snake soaking that much. Maybe you are right and it's too warm for her in the enclosure still. I can also turn off the overhead LED light for a time and see if that helps. I have removed the jars for now and she's back to a shallow dish. She immediately went to burrow under the substrate on the cool side after seeing her jars were gone. So maybe she *is* too warm.