I provide a large sweater box containing damp cypress mulch to act as a humidity chamber, along with a large cat litter pan for water. While most all of my Drys frequent the humidity chamber at various times, they tend to soak within their water pan prior to and during ecdysis.
Constant soaking can indicate external parasites or high temperatures as has already been mentioned, with high temps also leading to extreme restlessness and nose rubbing. Keep in mind, Drys are water loving snakes rarely found any great distance from a source of surface water in the wild, so an occasional soak is the norm.
Personally, I keep the ambient temperature within my enclosures at 75*F with a warm spot of 85*F and have found that they move between the two areas quite frequently, favoring the warm side after meals...


Best regards,

Jeff
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Jeff Snodgres
University of Arkansas
snodgresjeffreys@uams.edu
501.603.1947

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• Indigos soaking in water - hurricane34, Thu Jul 28 21:53:04 2005
• RE: Indigos soaking in water - gila7150, Thu Jul 28 23:01:07 2005
• RE: Indigos soaking in water - Living_skies, Thu Jul 28 23:43:04 2005
• RE: Indigos soaking in water - epidemic, Fri Jul 29 08:46:20 2005
• RE: Indigos soaking in water - BobS, Fri Jul 29 22:04:21 2005
• RE: Indigos soaking in water - epidemic, Mon Aug 1 10:18:00 2005
• Thanks Jeff...np - BobS, Mon Aug 1 16:00:24 2005
• RE: Indigos soaking in water - hurricane34, Fri Jul 29 22:05:27 2005
• Soak...no, poop..............yes! - Fred Albury, Sat Jul 30 14:43:00 2005
• RE: Soak...no, poop..............yes! - BobS, Sat Jul 30 18:00:18 2005