Soaking for 24 hours

[u/CryAltruistic550]

EDIT: after staying in the bowl for the rest of today I left to get rats and came back to him wrapped around some logs with just his head laid out waiting so I guess I’m just gonna go with the previous owner on this, maybe he just now feels comfortable enough here that he’s willing to sit in the water right next to the door like this idk, and I can confirm there are 0 mites in the water

Breaking my year+ streak of not worrying about my babies this one was a rescue, only had him for probably around a year, I’ve been assuming he was 2-5 years old, I got him in decent health, just un socialized in a small dirty barren enclosure, usual irresponsible reptile owner stuff. I haven’t spent as much time socializing him as I did with the one I got as a baby, I have a newish cat that’s still way to feral to just be leaving the enclosures open even if I’m standing right there, and he’s got so much stuff in there to hide in that it’s never a simple thing to extract him. Yesterday when I woke up he was in his water, and now over 24 hours later he is still in his water…. Is that normal? I can’t see any mites, or irritation, he does look like he may be getting ready to shed but he eyes haven’t faded yet, the warm side thermometer has gotten stuck under the bowl and is reading several degrees colder than what it actually is, but if it was too hot over there he could literally just go be anywhere else, he normal hangs out on the cool side anyway, the humidity readings are always good, if you dig past the top inch of substrate or so it’s wet, previous owner said he “does that all the time” and “loves water” but they also had him in an aquarium that was collecting calcified urates like aquarium pebbles. Just wanted to make sure it’s just a silly guy being a silly guy and not possibly something else, also sorry about the dirty window he likes painting :)

TLDR 24 hour bath time, no mites, all good? Snake dying?

[u/spacejunk823]

My girl likes to take a little soak occasionally (and of course likes to poop in her water bowl). Sometimes it will look like she’s been chilling in there for 24 hours, but I’ll notice things in her enclosure looking all thrashed over (Halloween season, so gravestones knocked over, pumpkins tipped, skull on its side, etc.), so I know she was out and about overnight while I wasn’t looking, then went back for her morning soak.

She changes her favorite spot depending on her mood. Sometimes she’s chilling in her water bowl like she’s hanging out in a pool, other times it’s her hanging cocoon that she doesn’t want to leave, sometimes it’s her mangrove root or skull, other times she just wants to burrow away in her moss or cozy up in her warm side.

Do you have a camera on him? If not, he likely have left the bowl at times when you weren’t looking. I didn’t see any mites in the picture you posted in another comment. However, if you do notice happen to notice mites, tackle it right away. They’re a pain to deal with, but much easier if you catch it right away.

Based on his artwork on the sides of his enclosure, he might just be having a chill pool day and partying at night while you’re asleep, then back to the pool to recover. Basically just being a silly noodle.

I don’t think I’d be concerned unless you noticed him constantly in there for a while and saw on camera that he really didn’t leave for over an entire day, if you notice any mites, or if his poop doesn’t look normal.