hatchie carpet under water

[chicka]

not quite sure if this is normal came back from up the coast this arvo to find my coastal hatchie fully submerged in its drink bowl just laying at the bottom. it is very hot aswel today in sydney . also the snake is sweet started moving around straight away ???? wat do you reckon this is?

 

[Renee]

Just too hot!!! In the wild, snakes can move as far as they need to, to find a cool spot to escape the heat, but in your tank, they can't, and have to put up with the temperature if its really hot. Your snakie was just trying to cool himself!

 

[Ramsayi]

Could be heat related,could be mites,could be for security or it could be just because it can.

Lots of small snakes fully submerge in their water bowls as it makes them feel secure and I think thats why yours is doing it.

 

[chicka]

how long can they stay under for?

 

[inthegrass]

as long as it feels like it, there is no definite answer. check for mites?.
cheers

 

[KaaTom]

My snakey sleeps in his water bowl, especially when he is shedding or going to...

 

[wokka]

To be safe it might be worth turning the heat source off when the anbient air temperature reaches 28C

 

[mysnakesau]

I learnt the hard way to check thermostats and heat regularly to make sure all is working. I lost a baby python from a burn because I thought he was coming up to shed. Then after I saw the burn on him I checked his heat and inside his box was 44c - the thermostat had stopped working. It was 25c at his cool end but the only place I had a hide for him was over the heat, and spent most of his time inside his hide. All that time in his bowl I just thought he was coming up to shed and he was trying to let me know he was too hot :cry:

 

[KaaTom]

Maybe get one of those stick on thermomoters to place inside the enclosure so that you can regularly check the temperature

 

[chicka]

thanks everyone for help will take all your advice thanks'

 

[Sianypoos]

I learnt the hard way to check thermostats and heat regularly to make sure all is working. I lost a baby python from a burn because I thought he was coming up to shed. Then after I saw the burn on him I checked his heat and inside his box was 44c - the thermostat had stopped working. It was 25c at his cool end but the only place I had a hide for him was over the heat, and spent most of his time inside his hide. All that time in his bowl I just thought he was coming up to shed and he was trying to let me know he was too hot :cry:

Aww!
Poor lovey. :cry:

 

[wokka]

I learnt the hard way to check thermostats and heat regularly to make sure all is working. I lost a baby python from a burn because I thought he was coming up to shed. Then after I saw the burn on him I checked his heat and inside his box was 44c - the thermostat had stopped working. It was 25c at his cool end but the only place I had a hide for him was over the heat, and spent most of his time inside his hide. All that time in his bowl I just thought he was coming up to shed and he was trying to let me know he was too hot :cry:

If possible, do without thermostats.

 

[Sianypoos]

Why Wokka?
I've always been told that a thermostat is one of the most important things in a viv.

 

[mysnakesau]

the way mine was set up Siany I had him in a click clack sitting on a piece of timber with grooves routed out of it and the heatcord was threaded into the grooves. I had his container sitting over 5 strands of heatcord. I have learnt since then that if I had him over just 3 strands or less, the temps most likely would not have gone so high and he wouldn't have got burnt. But how I had it, the heat was too concentrated in a smaller area.

I know a few breeders who use the heatcords only use 2 or 3 strands going across and don't use thermostats. But providing a hide in cool end, not the hot end, can prevent such accidents occuring.

This what I used when I lost my python. I now use a 3 foot piece of timber with 3 grooves routed out length ways. Never had a problem since ... touch wood

 

[Sianypoos]

I reckon that's a good idea with the grooves cut out for heat cord. Just a shame the thermostat buggered up.
Sorry your snake died, that must have been terrible.

 

[melgalea]

I learnt the hard way to check thermostats and heat regularly to make sure all is working. I lost a baby python from a burn because I thought he was coming up to shed. Then after I saw the burn on him I checked his heat and inside his box was 44c - the thermostat had stopped working. It was 25c at his cool end but the only place I had a hide for him was over the heat, and spent most of his time inside his hide. All that time in his bowl I just thought he was coming up to shed and he was trying to let me know he was too hot :cry:

that is the reason i will not use thermostats. have never used them in 7 years of keeping reptiles and i never will. and i have never lost a reptile or had any problems.

 

[mysnakesau]

It's not just the babies that enjoy their baths. My 8foot olive doesn't mind a soak and will spend ages under water.

 

[redbellybite]

I LOVE LOVE LOVE your olive ..........xxxx please leave it to me in your will

 

[mysnakesau]

I will have to do something for them RBB because my husband is scared of them. So he won't be able to look after them and he won't keep them. hehe