What do you use for Water dishes?

I have a number of dog dishes that I have bought for water dishes - but they get expensive. ...7 bucks a piece or so?

What other less expensive solutions are there? I think i have seen folks use sections of PVC pipe and deli cups?

I have some bowls in there now that tip too easy - need to get more this week but don't want to get gouged at petsmart....

Ceramic dog bowls. They are heavy and don't tip over. Easy to clean and disinfect.

ziploc tupperware, super cheap and easy to clean, and i use coco so i can bury it

I prefer heavier dog bowls, they cost more, but I've found plastic ones or others that are too light like to be tipped, resulting in nasty wet bedding :mad:

I go to my local dollar store for hatchling and sub-adult bowls. They are only $1 (surprise, right?) They are made out of a sturdy non-flexible plastic. I have to buy actual dog bowls for my adults, the dollar stores big bowls are incredibly flimsly. They don't tip but I don't like them. When I find a good deal on ceramic bowls I'll probably end up switching them all.

I found an entire case of ceramic dishes at my dollar store. About 5" in diameter, and an inch deep. Very heavy and sturdy, white on the inside for spotting mites, the outsides are tan, red and blue.

Sure I have to check water dishes more often than with deeper bowls, but that's not necessarily a bad thing when you don't have a large number of snakes.

Gale

I go to the dollar store and pick up glass or ceramic candy dishes for a dollar each. The glass is perfect and easy to clean. Its heavy enough that it wont tip over. I can take pictures for you when I get home if you would like.

Here's a vague idea of what I use. (Not great pictures but its all I have in my gallery since I'm not at home LOL)

These are the ceramic dishes I use for my smaller BP's and my rats food bowls. The rats in these pictures are small adults - for size reference.
http://ball-pythons.net/gallery/file...0923-00330.jpg




This is the edge of the glass candy dish I use for my bigger BP's. This is only a 800gram female but I ran out of little dishes and didn't have a chance to run out to dollarama.
http://ball-pythons.net/gallery/file...9/8/adelle.jpg

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Originally Posted by angllady2

I found an entire case of ceramic dishes at my dollar store. About 5" in diameter, and an inch deep. Very heavy and sturdy, white on the inside for spotting mites, the outsides are tan, red and blue.

Sure I have to check water dishes more often than with deeper bowls, but that's not necessarily a bad thing when you don't have a large number of snakes.

Gale

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these are exactly what i get. you find them in the bakeware section.

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Originally Posted by tuffstuff07

these are exactly what i get. you find them in the bakeware section.

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I will have to check those out next time in there.

I get all my bowls from Walmart.

Dog bowls, plastic medium sized, called "crock" bowls: $2.87 each

5" white Ceramic bowls (for the oven/cooking) and harder to tip over: $2.96 each
4" of the same above: $2.73 each

Best prices on stone ware heavy bowls is at thatpetplace.com
Juvenile to adult balls will tip over just about anything but ive found the 5 inch stone ware bowls work best for all my juvis and the 7 inch works great for the adults. They are heavy bowls and heres the best part. If you buy in bulk shipping is free on all orders over 49 bucks

Glass kitchen bowls. From the dollar store. I think they're Pyrex or Anchor brand. Great to clean and heavy enough that they're not tipped over.

I have a three bowl Anchor set or glass containers. I use the medium for water, super heavy, never tips, and I use the small one for putting moss in to keep humidity up.

i have 2 flukers corner bowls from reptilesupply.com.
not dollar store or any other cheapo place items but not too pricey either & they serve the function i need them too. they're heavy & shallow so they cant be tipped.
my only complaint now is cuz they're made of rock they get a little grimey on the inside & in the cracks & crevices of the rock surface so i take them out & scrub them a couple times a week. i would like to find something that is of/about the same shape but easier to clean...& not made of rock,lol but dont want anything that'll tip over.

Those http://www.acehardwareoutlet.com/pro...aspx?SKU=87781

and those http://www.acehardwareoutlet.com/pro...aspx?SKU=87782

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Originally Posted by KatStoverReptiles

Glass kitchen bowls. From the dollar store. I think they're Pyrex or Anchor brand. Great to clean and heavy enough that they're not tipped over.

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x2!!! And you can put them in the dishwasher to clean since they're glass. LOVE them!