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bkhuff1s
09-22-2008, 07:18 AM
I was wondering if anyone noticed this with thier pregnant females?
Do they spend an abnormal time in the water bowl? When I first received my female she was never in the water bowl, but now she is in there constantly? I looked over her for mites and didn't see anything. What are your thoughts?
Snake lover 3-25
09-22-2008, 10:38 AM
maybe her temps are too high.... or there may be low humidity???
Garter_Gertie
09-22-2008, 10:42 AM
Maybe she's getting ready to shed?
bkhuff1s
09-22-2008, 10:58 AM
She shed not to long ago, i suppose the humidty or heat might be the issue... I'll check that later...
infernalis
09-23-2008, 09:53 AM
Is this one of those snakes from Washington??
bkhuff1s
09-24-2008, 07:34 AM
Yes one of them was from Washington :)
Garter_Gertie
09-24-2008, 12:50 PM
Wayne, did your sick girl do this? What do you think is up?
infernalis
09-24-2008, 05:22 PM
Sky is a boy, and yes sitting in water all day is a symptom of mites.

Since these snakes are black and blue, the mites are really hard to see.

I recommend a bottle of Zoo Med "Mite Off" it is safe and natural, and worse case, it is harmless even if there are no mites, in other words it's worth six bucks just to have piece of mind that nothing got overlooked.

By mass gathering (and I assume mass housing) that if only one of the snakes had mites, it spreads to the whole group.

I cannot see this person taking the time and spending the money to house all snakes individually, treat them and check them before selling them. moves too many too fast....
ssssnakeluvr
09-24-2008, 06:18 PM
if they have mites yuo will see them floating in the water also.....I have a couple that just love to soak...
Garter_Gertie
09-24-2008, 07:35 PM
Jeez, got Sky's gender wrong. WOOPS! Sorry about that, Wayne.

Thanks for the heads-up/tip regarding mites and soaking. I'd have never known that had you not told me/us. It's a good thing to know.
bkhuff1s
09-24-2008, 10:56 PM
I'll definitely be checking to see if there is any floating mites. The male and female have been housed together since I got them. The males does not show this type of behavior in the least bit...
Thamnophis
09-25-2008, 01:41 AM
Indeed some specimen love the water and others do not.
And i have different specimen that hardly get out of the water for months and than suddenly (nothing noticable has changed in their surroundings) keep out of the water for months.
It is not always mites or high temperature or low humidity... we will probably never know why some do this and others don't.