Questions

[bkhuff1s]

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]

maybe her temps are too high.... or there may be low humidity???

[Garter_Gertie]

Maybe she's getting ready to shed?

[bkhuff1s]

She shed not to long ago, i suppose the humidty or heat might be the issue... I'll check that later...

[infernalis]

Is this one of those snakes from Washington??

[bkhuff1s]

Yes one of them was from Washington

[Garter_Gertie]

Wayne, did your sick girl do this? What do you think is up?

[infernalis]

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]

if they have mites yuo will see them floating in the water also.....I have a couple that just love to soak...

[Garter_Gertie]

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.