They keep spilling their water bowls... Help!

OMG This is sooooooooooooo frustrating. They keep spilling their water bowls and i am having to change them many times a day... WHAT DO I DO? :rage::rage::rage::rage::rage:

Get heavier water bowls? Cut a piece of appropriately sized PVC and put a deli cup inside so they can't tip it?

Ceramic dish, dog water bowls(spill proof) serveral options

where can i get heaver water bowls?

I buy these (not necessarily this size) at the pet store:

http://www.superpetusa.com/product-l...5-pet-dish.htm

You can use any ceramic dish really. I would pick glazed over unglazed for ease of cleaning.

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Originally Posted by reptidude1

where can i get heaver water bowls?

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I would recommend the "Ethical Products Crock Dog Dish". You can get them at many online stores. I have all my snakes with them and I don't have a problem :D you can get many different sizes and I see that a lot of people use them now.

http://www.strictlypetsupplies.com/_...og-Dish-5-Inch


See :cool:

http://i744.photobucket.com/albums/x...e/DSC01145.jpg

You can get shallow water dishes that are large so the snake can completely fit in it without spilling it! I got mine from the pet store for like $10!

Wallmart. Get some dog bowls that are tip over proof. It might not fix the problem though. Sounds like your snake is learning Kung Fu. Might need to give him more room.:cool:

i just use ramekins from walmart.
they are by the dishes/kitchen stuff

I got to walmart and get he heavy plastic one for dogs, Themedium sized ones are ok but the larger size is great.. the only time my spill the bowls arewhen they not set level causeI did't remove the shaving to place th bowl and they drink most of thewater and they flip itot say hay it needs filling.

what is the difrence b/w a cavy dish
http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/p...3255-groupName
and a super pet one
http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/p...3257-groupName
also what are good sized diameter ones
a: For a 41q tub
b: For a 15q tub
c: For a 6 qt tub

bump ;)

Patience Grass hoppa. :D

lol yeah :D

I had to laugh when I read this because I go through this every couple of months with Tanveer. He goes through a period where he decides that apparently I don't clean well enough or something so right after I get everything set up again in his tank he kung fu's his bowl and tips it over......sigh. After about 2 days of this he usually stops though LOL. Good luck!!!! :D

I use Deli Cups (several sizes are available) I hot glue one into place and fill another with water and drop inside the glued one. When time to refill the water you can take the inner cup out and replace with a new one if needed. Also if you need to remove the glued cup you can do so since hot glue removes easily. Just don't place them into a corner or your snake will wedge itself behind the cup and pop it loose. I come off the side of the tub about four or five inches and place it. This offers the ones that like to wrap their water bowls that pleasure without tipping over the water.

Ceramic water bowls and line it with a plastic deli cup!!!

I second the PVC pipe with deli cups. I am looking into that as well. Question for you people out there however, where do you get your deli cups and what size? Websites would be helpful here folks.!

ARS Caging tubs with built in water bowls is what I use, they accept the deli cups

I have half my snakes with ceramic bowls and half with plastic dog bowls. Never fails, the ceramic bowls never get tipped over and every single plastic dog bowl does. :rolleyes:

Another bowl I've used was a dog bowl that had non-skid rubber on the bottom and the base was wider than the actual bowl part. One of my females has that bowl and she has not managed to tip it over yet.

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Originally Posted by FIREball

ARS Caging tubs with built in water bowls is what I use, they accept the deli cups

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i wish, im just about 950$ short of the one i want, but personally i would rather build a rack for about 200$ and use the 750$ for bps

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Originally Posted by FIREball

ARS Caging tubs with built in water bowls is what I use, they accept the deli cups

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IF you are going to donate the money for all new tubs and racks, sure. :D

If you use a rack system buy larger diameter bowls. My bowls are approx 10 inches across and can't tip since they will hit the top before they can flip. I fill the bowls with an inch or so of water so if they soak it doesn't overflow and if they start to tip the bowls the edge hits the top before water will spil out. Make sense??

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Originally Posted by stormwulf133

if you are going to donate the money for all new tubs and racks, sure. :d

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exactly

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Originally Posted by David Green

If you use a rack system buy larger diameter bowls. My bowls are approx 10 inches across and can't tip since they will hit the top before they can flip. I fill the bowls with an inch or so of water so if they soak it doesn't overflow and if they start to tip the bowls the edge hits the top before water will spil out. Make sense??

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yep, but i ordered some more deli cups and im guna try the pvc method