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Re: Do you give your snakes tap water?
I use tap water treated with Reptisafe. I like that it removes chlorine, chloramine, prevents ammonia build-up and adds electrolytes.
Your snakes would probably survive without it but it only costs a couple bucks and a bottle lasts a long long time. So it's a no brainer for me.
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Re: Do you give your snakes tap water?
I buy the bulk jugs of spring water and use those for my two snakes. I figure, it's been working so far, no reason to switch to tap. Me, I'd drink out of a garden hose, so my snakes technically living at a higher standard than me.
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I drink tap water and don’t have any issues so same goes for my snake
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I used tap water for years and years and years with my snakes and neither my snakes or I have grown a 3rd eye so its fine by me.
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I use just tap water, thought about using Reptisafe, even have a bottle. Seems like over kill. Like the others said, right out of the faucet.
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Re: Do you give your snakes tap water?
Tap water for anything over 100G, or a mix of 70/30 tap to purified.
For tiny babies, like very young corn snakes and other colubrids, I use purified water.
The amount of chlorine is potentially harmful to an 8G corn snake, but harmless to a 2 pound BP, for example.
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Re: Do you give your snakes tap water?
LOL. So I have been a little over kill protecting my babies. Is good to know that I can let Rainbow drink tap water. That saves me a lot of work.
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All my pets drink tap water. Think about it this way: water in the wild is not clean. There are parasites, bacteria, dead animals and feces in standing water or ponds which they would normally come across for a drink. If we can drink our tap water for decades without health issues, I think our snakes will be fine.
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I reptisafe my water, but they put so much chlorine in the water here that it smells like a swimming pool, so I think it's probably not a bad idea to use it.
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Re: Do you give your snakes tap water?
Originally Posted by Alter-Echo
I reptisafe my water, but they put so much chlorine in the water here that it smells like a swimming pool, so I think it's probably not a bad idea to use it.
That's why I always say there's exceptions to every rule. If I could smell chlorine in my water none of my pets would drink it, and neither would I.
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