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The other day I changed the water for my daughters Ball Python, and within a matter of minutes, he stuck his head in the water and started blowing bubbles.

I thought it was the cutest thing, but I'm wondering if anybody elses snakes have done this? I've never seen my Hondo do this, so I was just curious.

Thanks!

ive never seen that but i only have one ball python and hes the shyest most secretive snake in my collection. ive never seen any of my colubrids do that though.

I've seen it occasionally. Nothing to worry about.
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What goes up must come down...unless it exceeds escape velocity.

Thanks! I kind of figured there was nothing to worry about, just wasn't sure. That was the first time I saw him do that. I had to laugh, but then was curious to see if anybody else's did that.

Why do you think they do that?

I strongly suspect it is simply to prevent water from entering their nostrils while they are submerged, just as many animals do. I have seen it many times too over the course of the years with many different types of snakes. It is pretty funny to see them do this too, I will admit..LOL!

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

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haha. Why didn't I think of that? It is really funny, I have to agree. I've actually sat in front of his tank to see if he'll do it again so I can record it. Like I said, my Milksnake doesn't do it, (that I've noticed at least), so it's mainly him (the BP) I pay attention to.

Before reading your post I thought you were going to ask about a snake that had bubbles coming out it's nose WITHOUT being submerged in water which would, in fact, have been a very bad thing.

I thought it was another horrible respiratory infection post. Very glad it wasn't...

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

my website -serpentinespecialties.webs.com

Oh man! Sorry! lol No, just some cute stuff going on. Was just curious. I got new pics of them too. Pretty cool. Will try to post them.

Here are some new pics I took the other day. I love these pics! Lola, (the Milk), is about 3 feet long now, and is about as thick as a Sharpie highlighter. Neo, (the BP), is maybe a foot long, and about as thick as a golf ball at his thickest part. Sweet as candy, they are! =) (Neo is the one I was asking about w/ the bubbles lol)

and 2 more lol

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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

my website -serpentinespecialties.webs.com

Why, Thank You! I love them! They are our babies! =)

I have one male Ball that does this. I am pretty sure it's partly due to depth perception (vision) in mines case. He's about 8 yrs old at least and does this if the water dish is deep, but he will drink from a glass on occasion if I offer it to him slowly