Why do BP's do this?

[Freakie_frog]

Ok I will try to speak from a keepers aspect and will try and help you understand some of the reasons why you Ball is doing what it is doing
First

and i also disagree about my humidity being lower then it should be.. because if it was less then 50 - 60 % then my BP would have bad sheds but its had perfect sheds since the day i got it

Or be soaking from time to time to help keep it hydrated. Balls drink very little water when they drink but like all reptiles do keep hydrated through their skin. So lower humidity can cause a ball to soak to try and get hydrated, its faster than drinking.

well how big is your tank? mine is only a 16 gallon and my light heats up the tank just fine.. also my light is actually inside of the tank some people just put it on the top but mine is actually sticking inside of it so maybe thats the difference

First this is a danger risk to you snake it can become burned if the light get to hot and the snake comes in contact with it. Second lights dry out the environment they are exposed to having kept balls in tanks for many years I can attest to the fact that using lights outside the tank to heat is fine it just means more work for the keep to try and maintain the RH (relative humidity) that is needed.

yes it does, and no its never hurt itself since the day i got it.. so dont try to give me any bs for that

Thats not to say it wont. My suggestion would be place the light outside the tank because any responsible pet owner would not want to knowingly place there pet in a situation where they might get hurt or even die.

lol okay i dont buy that at all.. how can a BP go months without any heat or water? it wouldn't have any energy to eat or even move and it would probably die the first month.. and if this is true then why would you keep your snake like that for months?

Because they were designed to live in plains of Africa where food and water can be scarce. I have see Balls live through not eating for 6+ months and come through just fine.


No one here is trying to "Tell" you what to do. You asked why your ball python is soaking these are some possibilities take them and do with them as you will.

But remember you wouldn't go to a mechanic and say "my car is acting funny can you tell me what it is?" then when the mechanic come back and says "Oh it your whatever hose" would you look at him and say "that can be I've had this car for 5 months and never had a problem with that so it can't be that".