How much do BPs drink?

I have a 6in shallow water bowl (one of the exo terra jobs). I have never seen my BP drink from it. I have never seen him slither through it. In fact he usually avoids it.

I am assuming that it is only there to provide humidity. In fact now I have a air stone in it to increase the humidity in the tank for his shed time.

How much do BPs drink?

They may not drink a lot, but they definitely do drink. I generally notice mine drinking around feeding time, sometimes right after eating. The water bowl does help to raise the humidity, but clean, fresh water MUST be provided for drinking!

Steve

My large ones usually drink anywhere between 2 and 8 oz. a week.

Mine drinks a lot. I catch him drinking every few days or so. So you're may be drinking a little bit when you aren't watching (some are weird like that). Keep it in there, as they do need water.

I've seen my Julio drink. He usually does it about 3-4 days before he gets ready to shed. He'll drink the entire bowl in about 2 days (I'm not sure how many ounces that is, but I top it off several times in that period). It's really cute to watch, too.

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Originally Posted by xdeus

My large ones usually drink anywhere between 2 and 8 oz. a week.

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How are you measuring that? Are you accounting for evaporation?

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Originally Posted by jglass38

How are you measuring that? Are you accounting for evaporation?

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Yep, I did account for evap. I fill my 16oz. cups almost to the rim, and I estimate how much is gone in a week. I did notice that some of my snakes of around the same size seem to drink more than others. I think they pee more, too. :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by xdeus

Yep, I did account for evap. I fill my 16oz. cups almost to the rim, and I estimate how much is gone in a week. I did notice that some of my snakes of around the same size seem to drink more than others. I think they pee more, too. :rolleyes:

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Jeez...That is some scientific knowledge dropping! :D

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Originally Posted by jglass38

Jeez...That is some scientific knowledge dropping! :D

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LOL. I'd get more technical, but my pipette and erlenmeyer flasks are in the shop. :nerd:

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Originally Posted by xdeus

LOL. I'd get more technical, but my pipette and erlenmeyer flasks are in the shop. :nerd:

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Shocker that you own a pipette. :rofl:

-adam

I've seen mine drink several times, not often though and he stops if he notices me watching. OMG it's cute though.

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

Shocker that you own a pipette. :rofl:

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What, like you've never had to titrate... or calculate a molarity or... stuff? (okay, mostly "stuff") :D

i've never seen mines drink, it does up the humidity though

I see mine drink from time to time; usually when I have taken them out for some reason and replace them into the cage. I do not fill my water dishes all the way. (they're heavy, large dog bowls and Pyrex casserole dishes.) About 2 centimeters of water is fine, and I change it every other day. I have just had way too many spills and overflows (granted, my snakes had mites the last few months, and this caused them to soak often, but the PAM cleared that up fast.) In drinking, they pause, take about 15 seconds, and stop.

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Originally Posted by AkivaSmith

I have a 6in shallow water bowl (one of the exo terra jobs). I have never seen my BP drink from it. I have never seen him slither through it. In fact he usually avoids it.

I am assuming that it is only there to provide humidity. In fact now I have a air stone in it to increase the humidity in the tank for his shed time.

How much do BPs drink?

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when i first got my hog island boa i read that it's not good to keep their enclosure near vibrations which can stress them. so i moved him from beside our salt water tank (as the large pump is on the floor and does cause constant vibrations).

i wonder if the air stone would create a vibration which may stress out your ball - or drive it crazy (not literally but figuratively).

personally, i would remove the air stone.

I cant remember for sure if i have saw a BP drink but i KNOW my corns do. I'm not to sure about the air stone idea either. If you're worried about humidity, either close of part of the holes in the tub/cover part of the screen lid or use a humid hide. If you want plans for a humid hide let me know, i have a post i can link you to that i made the other day.

I'd like to see the humid hide plans.

mine usually drink after he eats and hangs his head in the bowl for about 1 minute.

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=37883

I have a description in that post. I'll probably make one and make some pics in the process in a day or two.

i don't use humid hides... i just give the tub a spray from a squirt bottle if i notice anyone is blue. most times though... i don't even bother with increasing the humidity - i have huge fish tanks all over my house and i live in a tropical climate... so the humidity is high here normally. at first i had problems with sheds but now everyone sheds completely and in one piece.

Ours seems to enjoy a sip of water after eating. Snarfing down a rat must be thirsty work!

So on tuesday, Fluffy shed. I turned off the air stone, and the humidity went down to 59. I left him alone tuesday night.


Last night I took him out to clean the cage, HE WAS SO SOFT and SMOOTH. I had never held him after a shed. It was totally awesome!

BTW, the aspen under his hide was realatively dry, but the inside of his hide had a lot of condensation. The humidity in his hide must have been 90%. Glad I cleaned everything up.