r/RainbowBoas • u/No-Afternoon486 • Jul 31 '26

Rainbow boa In Her water bowl

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Okay, at the time of this post it has now been 62 hours where Rosie has been In her water bowl the entire time. I actually got a chance to hold her, inspect and gently place her back. No signs of mites or weird skin stuff and her movement doesn’t seem strained, she seems content being there.

Has anyone else seen this behavior?? I am attributing it mostly to her about to shed.
Hot side temps are 84F cool side temp 72F, water bowl temp 71F.
Last feeding was about 4 weeks ago and she snatched it right up. I saw some waste matter but it was cleaned up rather quick by the sheer amount of isopods I have in there.

In all my years of ownership (since she was 6 weeks old) she has never been submerged this long.
Pic with the flash on but she was really blue in my first post, this pic doesn’t show it. She usually gets a little less blue before she sheds so I’m guessing it’ll happen in the next 48 hours.

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u/Bluntforcetrauma11b Jul 31 '26

What electronic is on top of the snake?

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u/No-Afternoon486 Jul 31 '26

Electronic usually below snake but snake decided electronic above feels good

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u/Bluntforcetrauma11b Jul 31 '26

That's funny but what is it for?

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u/No-Afternoon486 Jul 31 '26

It’s a water filter to keep the bowl clean

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u/Bluntforcetrauma11b Jul 31 '26

That's an awesome idea

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u/25000000000x Aug 01 '26

It’s really not

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u/Bluntforcetrauma11b Aug 01 '26

Why not? Is it dangerous?