Tip proof water bowl?

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Originally Posted by monk90222

use a 16oz deli cup with a 4" pvc coupler. The coupler is like 2 bucks and the deli cup is about 5 cents a piece.

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I was actually thinking about this.

You buy the stuff urself or order offline?

If so where are you getting it :)

The thing that jumps right out at me with that red bowl is the fact that they can get under it and flip it that way. I used to use dog bowls until my redtails started doing that. Now I use glass pyrex bowls from Wal Mart. The large ones run about $8 for four and the smaller ones run about $6 for four if I remember right. They very rarely get tipped and they're big enough for a ball.

I've used the velcro thing too, but my only complaint about it is that if they do make a mess and you have to scrub down the tub, that will mess up the velcro that's stuck to the bottom of the tub after a few times.

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Originally Posted by f4n70m

I was actually thinking about this.

You buy the stuff urself or order offline?

If so where are you getting it :)

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I get the couplers from either Home Depot or Loews and the deli cups from www.foodservicedirect.com

I use that exact bowl in all of my corn snake cages, but i have found that ceramic dog/cat bowls from walmart work great in the ball and boa cages.

I have trouble with my big girls tipping their dishes over as well. Even the big ceramic ones. I just use stainless steel dog water/food bowls now. They can't tip those over. :) $2 each at the dollar store for the large ones.

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Originally Posted by Sarin

$2 each at the dollar store for the large ones.

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Sounds like you're getting ripped off :)

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Originally Posted by TrpnBils

Sounds like you're getting ripped off :)

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I agree! lol

I just upgraded some of my problem tippers to the stainless steel this weekend. So far so good. I'll try the PVC next.

My BP did this for a while too. I went to wal-mart and baught a ceramic dog dish. It works, and she has never tipped it over ever since.

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Originally Posted by TrpnBils

Sounds like you're getting ripped off :)

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$2 for a large stainless steel dog bowl is getting ripped off? Show me where I can get it cheaper, then. 'Cause that's the cheapest I've seen.. :P

Prices range anywhere from $0.25 to $2 at this place.

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Originally Posted by Sarin

$2 for a large stainless steel dog bowl is getting ripped off? Show me where I can get it cheaper, then. 'Cause that's the cheapest I've seen.. :P

Prices range anywhere from $0.25 to $2 at this place.

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Thats exactly what im thinking

And the reason im thinking about going the PVC route is because atm i have 12 snakes.

(amazing 12 snakes in less then a year WTF?)

But ANYWAYS cleaning the water bowls is a bit annoying. Id rather pay $2 each and the cups to just throw away and get another.


Also update on the bowl that the thread is about. iv put it in the BIG GIRLS tub. shes close to 1800 grams. So she has not even tried to go under it, hasnt tipped. Moved it to the other side and around but has no tipped it. Her head is almost the size of the hole. I think she has no intention to even try to hide under it soo..