>>Thanks for the advice, John. I do have a question -- what's the rationale for removing the water bowl? I have a clean water bowl with fresh water in the "hospital" tank now. Given that the snake is warmer than usual I would have thought that it would need greater access to clean water. Do you really think it's better to remove it? Sorry to show any doubt, but my name is Thomas, so I guess can't help myself - LOL.

LOL...
I will usually place a shallow water bowl in just to see if the snake needs a drink...Allow to drink, but remove it as soon as the snake is done drinking.....

Spilling a water bowl in the hospital tank will increase the humidity.

My thinking is to "dry up" the RI.......

But.....
Some think RIs are due to dusty conditions.....
I haven't ever witnessed that (Plus I live in a VERY humid region of the nation)....

All the RIs I have seen seem to be contributed to wet/cold conditions that a spilled water bowl during brumation would create. Dry heat seem to cure all the RIs I have encountered in the past....Luckily I did not have a single snake come out of brumation in anything other than prime condition.......I think a lot of it has to do on the condition the snake is in prior to brumation....Fattening up the males and females alike prior to brumation has seemed to prove to be the correct thing to do in my snake room.....
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...
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