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| rod00 |
Posted - 04/03/2011 : 13:57:06
Hi I have a 2 year old king snake my 3rd king (sry never posted any pics but I am a bit to busy to take photos and post) This new king is staying a long time in the water. The first thing I i checked were for mites but there are no mites. For safty of the other kings i sprayed him for mites when i bought him. I don't know what the problem is. another thing is that he also keeps his head under water something which the other 2 king never did. If anyone can help me with the problem since i can't understand whats wrong. |
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| rod00 |
Posted - 18/03/2011 : 14:22:53
hi again. I switched off the heat met so the viv is now cold and the king snake is still spending alot of time in the water. what could couse this problem. (he has no mites i sprayed him for that) |
| rod00 |
Posted - 07/03/2011 : 06:55:40
Ok so It may be taht the viv is to hot. now i replaced the heat met sins it covered alot of the viv and the viv is not to big. he did not staying in the water after that i will check regularly to see is he will start doing it again. Thanks for your help. |
| Gmac |
Posted - 05/03/2011 : 03:38:34
ok suggest you get a thermometer will be best if you know what temps you are reaching in the housing also you cant set the stat without knowing the temps as the stat dials are not very accurate for setting temps, you don't mention a stat are you using one if not it may also be a case that the housing is far to hot and the snakes using the water to cool down.
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| rod00 |
Posted - 05/03/2011 : 02:33:23
so as heating i use a small heat met. at the moment i am not monitering the temp since i have not bought the termometer yet. I don't know if hes going to shed he has only been with me for 2 weeks and i have no info about him the prevouse owner was a small boy and he didn't know anything about snakes. ( I don't know why he bought a snake) |
| Gmac |
Posted - 04/03/2011 : 14:34:38
can you give us a bit more info on your setup, housing temps what you use to heat what you use to monitor temps stat etc. may be its just a bit hot for him in the housing.
also as louise has mentioned may be coming upto a shed |
| Invalid User |
Posted - 04/03/2011 : 14:02:25
Is he due a shed?
One of my corns spends a good few days in his water bowl before a shed.
My king doesn't, he just tips his water bowl, poos in it or pushes his hides and plants into it lol |
