Switching to disposable deli cup water dishes

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Originally Posted by Jessica Loesch

I make sure I keep the same bowls in anyway just in case. Never know!

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That states your not 100% sure your collection is healthy. Its just not needed to use same bowls in same tub if your collection is healthy.

I swap bowls all the time once wiped out with cholorohexidine. Nothing will come of it unless your collection is Sick.

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Originally Posted by RichsBallPythons

That states your not 100% sure your collection is healthy. Its just not needed to use same bowls in same tub if your collection is healthy.

I swap bowls all the time once wiped out with cholorohexidine. Nothing will come of it unless your collection is Sick.

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LOL no Rich, I'm just saying. Better be safe than sorry. I don't know how all those diseases pop up and work, and if I had a new snake in QT, I wouldn't want to just wash all the bowls together. Or even now. Because what if a random case of ... RI pops up? I don't know if that happens, so I just play safe.

I clean the cages individually is all, I don't go out of my way to wash them separately. I just clean when needed.

Isn't it funny how a three year old thread can be a topic of debate once someone dredges it up?

I use 4 inch couplers with deli cups. I found a Janitorial supply store that is very inexpensive when I buy in bulk. :).

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Originally Posted by Don

Isn't it funny how a three year old thread can be a topic of debate once someone dredges it up?

I use 4 inch couplers with deli cups. I found a Janitorial supply store that is very inexpensive when I buy in bulk. :).

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I just made the trip to home depot for some 4-inch couplers. i'm looking at superiorshippingsupplies.com for the deli cups, but the 8-oz cups just seem to shallow. do you use the 8-oz or 12-oz size?

Switched about a year ago and haven't looked back. I've tried it all and found these to be the best and most sanitary. I'm all for going green, but I'll go green in other areas of my life if it means my bps have the cleanest conditions and my life is easier.

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Originally Posted by wwmjkd

I just made the trip to home depot for some 4-inch couplers. i'm looking at superiorshippingsupplies.com for the deli cups, but the 8-oz cups just seem to shallow. do you use the 8-oz or 12-oz size?

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I use 16oz containers from Superior in the 4" couplers.

I don't know why you would be cutting down the couplers. The idea is that the coupler is almost as tall as the tub. This allows the snake to drink, however if they were to tip it over it would hit the top of the tub instead of tipping over. If you cut down the height of the coupler then the snake can tip it over and spill the water.

At least that's how it was explained to me.

I personally use these for my smaller snakes: http://www.amazon.com/Dosckocil-Petm...ghtweight+dish and I'm considering buying the bigger ones for my bigger snakes. They have small holes on each side and double as a hide for my smaller snakes. I'm not sure if the bigger ones have a big enough opening but they're super easy to clean. For me, even easier because I put them all in the dishwasher on cleaning day. My dishwasher has a sanitize option and I can fit probably 20 or more of these dishes in there at once. They don't tip over very often but once your snakes start to get bigger they do tend to lean and let some water out. By that time it's probably best to give them a new hide or a bigger water dish. I don't see the need to use disposable if using something else is really just as easy.

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Originally Posted by LizardPants

The PLA cups are cost effective:

8 oz PLA - $0.109 each, free shipping
12 oz PLA - $0.063 each, free shipping
16 oz PLA - $0.137 each, free shipping

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Who's the person doing the math here?

Wow, this thread has been brought back from the dead twice now...

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Originally Posted by grcforce327

Who's the person doing the math here?

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Considering the math was done almost 2 years ago the prices might have changed since then.