by Jamster » Fri Oct 03, 2014 7:59 pm
Some of that astro turf stuff can be pretty abrasive. I noticed that with leos and some snakes their bellies can become slightly red and irritated by some forms of astro especially shortly after shedding. This may cause him to sit in the water to avoid the irritation. I maintain that while it isn't aesthetically pleasing, newspaper is my first choice of substrate. Bear in mind that this may not be the case at all, but just to cover all posibilities there it is.
Rat snakes are particularly fond of water, as mentioned. I find that my corn snakes and yelleow rat snakes will submerge their entire head in the water when they drink and this somehow leads to them simply lying in the water. It just seems to be part of their nature.
1.0-reticulated python (Ripcord)
1.1-burmese pythons
5.5-brown house snakes
1.0-taiwanese ratsnake
3.8-BCI
1.1-corn snakes
1.2-rhombic skaapstekers
1.0-yellow rat snake