How often do you change the water??

I change it every day. it might sound gross, but we have fruitflies in our house that breed in any stagnant water anywhere, so I change it out of anti-fruitfly paranoia. I gotta cut down on those danm aquariums!

Every day. You don't want to know how fast bacteries grow in non floating water in a warm cage! It's the biggest source of bacteries in your cage.

Yeah I change it every couple days. And of course around shedding/pooping time; the snake poops in the water bowl. Appearantly I have a toilet trained snake. Much easier to clean than in the corner of the cage or under a hide.

Are bps "clean" animals? I've found that my bd spends 99% of its time in its hides, but every time its defacated (white or the black stuff), it does it outside of its hide. Whats up with that?

They don't want predators being able to track them to the burrows where they're sleeping during the day by the smell of their feces. A lot of reptiles will go in water because the water they encounter naturally is likely to carry it away from them.

I change my water about every 2 days.

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Originally Posted by Marla

They don't want predators being able to track them to the burrows where they're sleeping during the day by the smell of their feces. A lot of reptiles will go in water because the water they encounter naturally is likely to carry it away from them.

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Thats interesting. I guess we have to realize that bps and other snakes are definitly not at the top of the food chain...

Nope, they're not. On the other hand, crocs and gators aren't threatened by much once they reach adult size, nor are giant snakes like anacondas or burms. A bp is definitely of a size to make it a potential food item for a number of predators.