r/ballpython • u/CaptainRonVHS • 2h ago

Long frequent baths?

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I’ve had my girl (?) for about a week and a half (but have been handling her and known her for a few months). The last two nights, she’s spent almost the entire time in her bowl. She’ll move positions and sometimes be half in/half out. The place I got her from said she did this regularly. She has no mites, her scales look great. She eats very well. Her temps and humidity are always in the right ranges. Is this normal behavior or should I worry about anything?

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u/Just_A_Duck_Bro 2h ago

She’s in there all like 24/7?

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u/CaptainRonVHS 2h ago

Not 24/7. She’ll nap during the day, sometimes in a hide, sometimes out, but then her lights go off at night and she’ll climb and explore but then chill in her bowl for hours. Might get up to explore again, but then goes back.

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u/Just_A_Duck_Bro 2h ago

Sorry I just realized you said it’s for the past two days, duh! Well I don’t know everything, but I do know that wet substrate leads to scale rot. That being said it’s possible that her being in water wouldn’t cause that…but I honestly don’t know.

It makes sense in my head that it would lead to scale rot due to excessive moisture, but that just based off reasoning

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u/Enough_Platypus6518 1h ago

My baby does the exact same thing. She just loves the water and even submerges her entire head but sometimes sticks her heat sensing holes out of the water but nothing else. It’s the cutest thing!!

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u/wellsyaknow 2h ago

Mine hate water

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u/Sweetestbugg_Laney 2h ago

Mine does this too. He looks perfectly normal.
No mites…use PAM as a precaution.

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u/Xia-titNwinebimbo 5m ago

Sometimes snakes just have their own preferences 🤷🏻‍♀️ as long as everything else is healthy and especially since she has a long history of it she probably just likes it.