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I went downstairs today to feed my adult pair of BRBs and both of them are soaking in the water-tub. They've never done this before. Temps, humidity, none of it has changed for weeks.

They both ate fine, then the female went back to the water tub, and the male joined her shortly after.

No mites, or anything weird like that. The female just shed a few days ago as well.

Is this a normal occurrence? As in, is this something that usually happens-but I'm never in the room to see it?

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this is normal. its probably because your never in the room to see it. my baby has been in her water bowl since early yesterday evening and when i woke up she was still in there. i thought she might have died in there so i opened the tank and she moved.

i would say its pretty normal. if anyone can correct me i'd appreciate it

>>this is normal. its probably because your never in the room to see it. my baby has been in her water bowl since early yesterday evening and when i woke up she was still in there. i thought she might have died in there so i opened the tank and she moved.
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>>i would say its pretty normal. if anyone can correct me i'd appreciate it

Yeah, I was pretty worried too, until I saw their little noses sticking up above the surface.

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Cat,
My adults occasionally soak for long periods of time. Although their environment stays the same, they sometimes just soak. It seems like I'll see them soak in cycles. One will be going in or out for 2 or 3 weeks then not be observed again for months. I have seen them soak as long as 2 1/2 days.

It used to worry me, but since I haven't been able to pinpoint anything unusual, I just let them be.
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If your BRB is soaking in it's tub, and it doesn't have mites, and humidity and temps are on, then i wouldn't worry. Some snakes you do have to worry about soaking too much because they develop whats called blister disease, but BRB's seem very resiliant to this, and this is usually not a problem with them. To be on the safe side though, it's best to keep an eye on them and make sure that there are no skin lesions or blisters developing.