Bottle or Tap???

Hey guys. Just wondering...do you put bottled water or tap water in your snake's water bowl? I use bottled water- didn't want to risk all the chemicals that usually come along with tap water...

Well, in my area we have pretty good tap water, so I use the tap water. If I lived somewhere where the tap water was not that great, I would use filtered or bottled water.

I have very hard water where I live so I have the Brita Filter and I give my snake water from the filter.

i use tap, the water isnt wonderful, but it is drinkable.

I use tap water and my water is very hard. I've been thinking about whether it might be bad for my snake or not... I mean, its drinkable, doesnt have a horrible taste or anything but just pretty hard. Does anyone have input on if its ok to use hard tap water?

I have a Brita pitcher that we keep in the fridge, I could use that but the water is obviously cold and I didnt know if it was ok to fill the snakes bowl with very cold water.

i have a R/o in our house ..so i use that . we do have decent tap .just personal pref i guess.. if you where thinking of buying water.. i have found at some car washes have r/o drinking water for sale or even the food store. prob
has the water station ..the car was cost wash 3 bucks for 5gals ..:8:

Tap, for everything.

If you're worried about the chlorine and fluoride in tap water... Just fill a pitcher and let it sit for 24 hrs. All of that will evaporate.

(I use tap water)

I use tap water. I mean if the snake can eat uncooked rodents without getting sick, I'm sure it can handle drinking-safe tap water.

"If you're worried about the chlorine and fluoride in tap water... Just fill a pitcher and let it sit for 24 hrs. All of that will evaporate."

Pretty sure it's bad to leave it out...not only will the Cl and F not evaporate (think of salt water, only the water evaporates leaving the salt behind - even if it was dissolved) plus mold spores/dust could get in the sitting water.

I used distilled water (you can get a gallon of it for like $0.50 at walmart) just in case cuz I have really hard water too. I was just too worried about what all the chemicals could do. I mean, too much chlorine could be bad for humans even...

We have a well, and I drink the water, so the snakes drink the water. The only animals in the house that get Deer Park are the dogs...and thats because the mineral content of the water makes em' fart...:fart:..lol.

africa doesnt have brita filters and ive heard so much of their water problems..they still thrive so im shure tap or purified isnt too big of a deal

i fill my bottles with tap water for the snakes...LOL

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Originally Posted by Wilmer

africa doesnt have brita filters and ive heard so much of their water problems..they still thrive so im shure tap or purified isnt too big of a deal

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thats what i was thinking they dont have filtered water in the wild so tap water should be a step up from creek or rain water i use tap water myself

The chlorine in the tap water will dissipate after 24 hours. Not sure about anything else though. Personally, I use tap water. I drink it, so do my animals. The only animals that get special treatment with their water are the fish. :D Though I do plan on getting a filter for our faucet when we move.

Yes, clorine does off gas when left in an open container. I don't know about flouride. I keep a bunch of plastic jugs that I fill with tap water and leave set overnight for my turtle water. The snakes waterbowls I just fill from the tap. If it's good enough for me to drink, it's good enough for them.

Tap but i have filter so... When i was in Florida i used Bottle because quality of tap water really suck there.... now in NY tap is not that bad... but i have filter so i use it.. ;)

I read somewhere to be careful with filtered water because it is missing natural minerals. Can't remember where though, and not exactly sure why I was researching water, but it stuck with me. Thoughts?

Tap water.

Tap water. They drink the same water I drink, and I'm sure they'll be fine.

I use Tap Water it works perfect. =)

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Originally Posted by tiny_tiger60978

"If you're worried about the chlorine and fluoride in tap water... Just fill a pitcher and let it sit for 24 hrs. All of that will evaporate."

Pretty sure it's bad to leave it out...not only will the Cl and F not evaporate (think of salt water, only the water evaporates leaving the salt behind - even if it was dissolved) plus mold spores/dust could get in the sitting water.

I used distilled water (you can get a gallon of it for like $0.50 at walmart) just in case cuz I have really hard water too. I was just too worried about what all the chemicals could do. I mean, too much chlorine could be bad for humans even...

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I have received very stern warnings against giving them distilled water. It's not even that great for humans to drink too much. No electrolytes. Having stuff dissolved in your water is GOOD for you.

And chlorine is a gas at room temperature and so WILL evaporate out of the water. Idk about flourine. Salt won't even melt until about 700*(?) F. Very very high, so of course IT won't evaporate. Lrn2chemicals.

You can speed up that evaporation process by boiling the water for a few minutes, then keeping it wherever you're going to keep it, or letting it cool before giving it to your snake.