Quick and Simple Q? Excessive Soaking...

[frost]

Hi Folks, need help. my BP has been excessively soaking...

frequency is daily - for 3 to 4 hours...

initially, she was only soaking pre shed, but just recently, after her last shed, she has been soaking like crazy.

i have checked her for mites and did not find any, she seems to be in perfect health, no RI, good weight...

i am beginning to think that she is just hot that is why she soaks.

temps here in the Philippines are 31 ºC = 87.8 ºF (early morning and evening) and up to 34 ºC = 93.2 ºF during the day....

Thoughts? should i be worried?

[dshin963]

If those are ambient temperatures then yes it is too hot surface temps on the hot side so be in that ball part with a cool side around 75-80 I have found that along with a ambient of around 78-80 to work great

[frost]

Originally Posted by dshin963

If those are ambient temperatures then yes it is too hot surface temps on the hot side so be in that ball part with a cool side around 75-80 I have found that along with a ambient of around 78-80 to work great

any suggestions on how to cool down the temps?

[Lankyrob]

Really the only thing is to increase air circulation - have heard that balls dont like temps once they get near 95F, 91f should be the hot spot.

He is quite likely using the water to cool himself down.

[frost]

thanks lanky! now i am having a dilemma on temps vs humidity. i can remove my top cloth cover to reduce temp but i will surely reduce humidity..

wow... this is tough. i know most of you guys live in colder places and not having this problem. but yeah i will try to increase air circulation.

[Lankyrob]

May just have to up the frequency that you mist the cage until the weather changes

[Aaron_S]

My suggestion is to try and find something that doesn't have a screen top. It should be easier to maintain temps as well as humidity.

[sickvenom]

Originally Posted by frost

Hi Folks, need help. my BP has been excessively soaking...

frequency is daily - for 3 to 4 hours...

initially, she was only soaking pre shed, but just recently, after her last shed, she has been soaking like crazy.

i have checked her for mites and did not find any, she seems to be in perfect health, no RI, good weight...

i am beginning to think that she is just hot that is why she soaks.

temps here in the Philippines are 31 ºC = 87.8 ºF (early morning and evening) and up to 34 ºC = 93.2 ºF during the day....

Thoughts? should i be worried?

what are the temps in the cage?

[frost]

Originally Posted by sickvenom

what are the temps in the cage?

Sorry.. the temps i have noted are the temp cages...

31 ºC = 87.8 ºF (early morning and evening) and up to 34 ºC = 93.2 ºF during the day....

[sickvenom]

Originally Posted by frost

Sorry.. the temps i have noted are the temp cages...

31 ºC = 87.8 ºF (early morning and evening) and up to 34 ºC = 93.2 ºF during the day....

ok, i thought you meant those were the ambient air temps in your house.

are those temps for ambient air or surface? balls should have around 80 for ambient, low 90s surface on the hot side and low 80s surface on the cool side. humidity should be 50-60%. do you have a photo of your set up? also, you should have a thermostat hooked up to your heat source.

[Damion930]

It gets purdy hot here in the summer and I have ben worried about this as well fortunately im moving into a new house and they will have ther own room but maybe you could use some form of circulation fan like the small ones used in computer towers

[stephanbakir]

Maby you can air condition the room if you have that possibility and then heat the cages to the required temp using a thermostat?

[Stormy Night]

For one of my big cabinets I was having issues with humidity. So I found this table top fountain in my shed. There is no body of water to poop in and its constantly flowing from leaf to leaf. My guys love it. So now I snag every fountain I can find. They have their regular water bowls to soak in but This just keeps things humid between mistings. (I fixed the moss falling down in the back ground after I took this picture.)

[whoaxmary]

I like the looks of the fountain~

[frost]

thanks for all the suggestions. i will relocate my snakes outside for more ventillation sacrifcing some humidity. hopefully this will solve the soaking problem... i will let you know what happens... pics will be posted soon. thanks!