My BP has been soaking for 5 to 6 hours straight at night. Is that a common behavior?
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Soaking
aliaime
Nov 01, 2004 11:28 AM
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rusti
Nov 01, 2004 03:27 PM
I'd say that's a bit too much. put a smaller water dish in the tank so that it wont encourage soaking so much.
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beckyl
Nov 01, 2004 06:27 PM
Changing the size of the water bowl will not help the situation. The size of the bowl isn't what encourages a ball to soak. One thing you could check for is mites. Balls soak alot when they have mites. There are other reasons a ball will soak, but this, I think, the most common.
Becky
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aliaime
Nov 01, 2004 06:35 PM
Thank u for the feedback. There is no indication of mites in the water dish. I have by BP for 2 years and never noticed any mites. She started soaking after eating a small mouse. I thought she was going into her "fasting" ritual, but she ate and then started soaking.
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beckyl
Nov 01, 2004 09:04 PM
It could be that its getting too hot in there for her. Is your heating device hooked up to a thermostat?
Becky
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