De-chlorinate water

Just wondering if de-chlorinater should be added to the water i use for my bp. I have 2 huge fish tanks and i use de-chlorinater for them cuz im supposed to, but im pretty sure our water isnt that high in chlorine anyway......

Do not use fish de-chlorinator for your snakes, it is toxic. If you are all that worried about the chlorine just let the water stand overnight in a container and most of it will dissipate on it's own.

Gale

I worked at an exotic pet store that dealt with mainly reptiles and we used distilled water from publix we stocked up every week and we used that in the mist bottles and water bowls. Its cheap too:gj:

I have always given all my snakes water straight from the faucet and never had any problems with any of them.

I get the water straight from the faucet as well.

I was worried about it as well, but wasn't after asking a few big, long time breeders which told me they all used water straight from the faucet, always have, and never had any noticeable problems because of it.

Ok I guess I won't worry about it then!

I fill jugs, let those sit overnight, and then water from those. Our water has quite a bit of a chlorine smell to it, and I don't want my snakes running for their water bowls only to stick their heads into those fumes. I do the same for my birds as well.

I worked as a pool and spa tech for a while and learned quite a bit about chlorine. if you want it to dissipate put it in an open container like a tupperware with no lid and leave it in a place with direct sunlight and this will get rid or the chlorine in a small amount of water in the matter of a few hours that is unless there is a stabilizer in the water then it takes longer.

De-chlorinator adds allot of other stuff to the water that may be harmful to your snake. Just let it sit out overnight or if you really would rather get distilled. But right out of the faucet is just fine. I've been using faucet water for years without any problems. :8:

I wondered about that myself. I have been giving him straight tapwater and he seems ok. :rolleye2:

what about bottled water? im sure its fine if you can use tap water

This is something I was worried about as well. At work we always use reptisafe dechlorinator. Same thing at the zoo. Though typically we dechlorinate a large pitcher of it and then clean out/fill everyone's water dishes from it. Though to be honest we used the same pitcher for the Amphibians as well so it could possibly have been more for them than the reptiles lol.... honestly I never even thought to ask...

Anyways.... I have been using the reptisafe for my new BP. I got a free bottle of it from work and my water has a strong chlorine smell/taste (to the point where I can't drink it... and I grew up in a town where our tap water smelled like pool water lol). So whether its needed or not.... I don't know, but while I have this bottle I figure I'll use it.

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Originally Posted by yeroc1982

Just wondering if de-chlorinater should be added to the water i use for my bp. I have 2 huge fish tanks and i use de-chlorinater for them cuz im supposed to, but im pretty sure our water isnt that high in chlorine anyway......

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like others have said don't use the de-chlorinater just draw up a gallon or more depending on how much you need and run your air pump into the water a new air stone and bubble the water over night and most if not all will be gone.

i myself use reverse osmoses for me and anything living in my house as town i live in adds fluoride to the water and fluoride is a by product of super phosphate production and is a known poison

straight tap water for my BPs too.. no problem neither

I commend you on that Ice. A lot of people don't know that sodium fluoride is bad for you. I'm lucky, as the town I live in doesn't have it in the water supply. I just have chlorine which is nasty enough..lol:gj:

besides herps I'm heavily into growing my own food also so i keep up on what is added and how it was made as i prefer the all natural nutes (omri listed products) to chemical nutes.

here's a ever scarier thing about fluoride picture this our country for a long time has added fluoride to drinking water and tooth paste and say it helps prevent cavities. now go get any 2 different types of home mouse or rat killer and see what all its got in it fluoride you guessed it fluoride so the same stuff that is in rat poison is in what we drink and clean our mouths with. and the info is there for anybody who pays attention can see and find they just don,t announce it so are they trying to strengthen the teeth of rats and mice and keep them cavity safe or just using it as this kind of stuff so they dont have to spend billions of dolors a year to dispose of it properly

here's a link where a doctor tells all about floride and what all it is and has been approved for use
http://douglassreport.com/reports-20...FcHY5woddzhRcQ

go down on that and it shows a vid of lower down on a person with fluoride poisoning the vid might be on the host site where found that link at


heres a link for reverse osmosis some of you have asked me what kind i use these in this link are alot newer then my unit so should work better and not have as many draw backs as mine does the only 5 to 10 gallons daily.
http://www.waterfilterexperts.com/ca...?category=2564

checked that link out myself and the new systems are way better then mine so i placed an order got me one with a 50 gallon per day out put. i paid over 600 for my system but mine was bought when they first came out or shortly there after.

I've thought about using a RO system. Both for drinking and for my fish tanks.
The only set back though is that when I do water changes I go through 100-120 gallons that day.