Re: How do you keep your snakes from dumping their water!
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Originally Posted by
monk90222
Hand held?...is that manual labor?....10" Chop saw. Cuts through 4" PVC like butter!
No kidding! Not everyone has a garage or the cash to be able to utilize power tools like a chop saw. I was just providing an easy and inexpensive way to cut through PVC.
Re: How do you keep your snakes from dumping their water!
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Originally Posted by
tigerlily
I use these and they work great, I would not recommend using the kind where they can get under it because once the snakes are bigger, the water will spill/tip out when they try to go under it.
I use the white ones, they also have blue but no green:rage:
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Manual labor is not for me... :)
Re: How do you keep your snakes from dumping their water!
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Originally Posted by
frankykeno
This is what we use. At their prices (you get 3 doz of each size per case), it's very cost effective. They are less than 2 miles from my front door so no shipping either! :)
http://www.basequipment.com/SearchRe...nsive_Search=Y
I like these because they are heavy, not easy to tip and since they are restaurant grade they tend to be easy to clean/disinfect. They are a family run local business so that makes it even nicer to buy from them.
How are you disinfecting on a weekly basis? Dishwasher or just a spray and wipe? I used to use ceramic bowls and just found that they took a lot of cleaning time every week. With close to 100 snakes cleaning needs to be as quick as possible. :)
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Originally Posted by
jglass38
How are you disinfecting on a weekly basis? Dishwasher or just a spray and wipe? I used to use ceramic bowls and just found that they took a lot of cleaning time every week. With close to 100 snakes cleaning needs to be as quick as possible. :)
Thankfully we are only at just under 50 snakes and only the BP's use these.
I just do them on a rotating basis so I'm not doing all of them the same day of the week. I just pop them in a sink brim full of really, really hot water, a shot of dishsoap and a good glug or two of bleach. I let them sit while I'm working on that rack of snakes. By the time I'm done that rack, they've had a good time to sit in that. Then it's just a quick wipe to make sure everything's off and a rinse under running cold water (I have a double sink). It's really no big effort - or I'm just used to doing it LOL.
I do think eventually though we'll need to go to disposable water dishes. My bleached out hands would appreciate that. :)
Re: How do you keep your snakes from dumping their water!
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Originally Posted by
TooManyToys
No kidding! Not everyone has a garage or the cash to be able to utilize power tools like a chop saw. I was just providing an easy and inexpensive way to cut through PVC.
If money is an issue, abandon the PVC all together and walk to the dollar store for a dog bowl.
Re: How do you keep your snakes from dumping their water!
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Originally Posted by
frankykeno
Thankfully we are only at just under 50 snakes and only the BP's use these.
I just do them on a rotating basis so I'm not doing all of them the same day of the week. I just pop them in a sink brim full of really, really hot water, a shot of dishsoap and a good glug or two of bleach. I let them sit while I'm working on that rack of snakes. By the time I'm done that rack, they've had a good time to sit in that. Then it's just a quick wipe to make sure everything's off and a rinse under running cold water (I have a double sink). It's really no big effort - or I'm just used to doing it LOL.
I do think eventually though we'll need to go to disposable water dishes. My bleached out hands would appreciate that. :)
Makes sense to me! I had a ton of those small ceramic bowls and have broken most of them. :) I dropped them constantly. I'm pretty clumsy it seems!
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I like them for now and after years as a mom and working in restaurants I'm pretty handy with dishware LOL. The only bad part is I'm a bit allergic to bleach so I have to make sure I have every bit of ventilation I can get into a room before I uncork the stuff for cleaning or laundry or I'll having breathing issues.
Re: How do you keep your snakes from dumping their water!
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frankykeno
I like them for now and after years as a mom and working in restaurants I'm pretty handy with dishware LOL. The only bad part is I'm a bit allergic to bleach so I have to make sure I have every bit of ventilation I can get into a room before I uncork the stuff for cleaning or laundry or I'll having breathing issues.
I'm with ya..Except on the whole mom thing and the handy with dishware...And the allergy to bleach...And the doing laundry...But the rest I'm right there with ya!
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:8: You're a funny guy!
As long as you don't wear perfume, it's all good. I can't be around that either. Walking through your average high end department store is hell for me. I live in fear of those damned wandering perfume girls!
