She has not eaten for two months and was swollen for a day and a half or so.As for the shower my male and females will lay around my neck or in the bottom of the tub and just soak it up for as long as I stay in. Our snakes are not tub confined they go outside and we even take them to work with us sometimes. They just seem to glow after a afternoon in the grass. My 1800 gram female will lay under the covers while my son watches cartoons for hours. They are handled every day and they eat fine and have grown fast. Long story short they are part of the family. Right or wrong they are fat, healthy and MITE free.