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    Re: How often do you change the drinking water?

    I drive my boyfriend insane with watering my snakes. They get fresh (purified) water every other day(sometimes everyday if I feel like it) and I scrub their water dishes 2 times a week. Before I bought purified drinking water from the store my snakes would rarely ever drink. I decided that $2.75 wasn't bad for 2.5 gallons of water so I got a huge jug with a spigot for them. So now I just take out their water and put it under the spigot and fill it up! No heavy lifting and no spills which is awesome! Nothing is worse than a stinky snake dish IMO. Would you want to drink out of a stinky water dish? HECK NO! So I have a scrubber and some disinfecting soap I use specifically for them. Snakes remind me of horses in the fact that they don't have to mess in their dish to make it smell really foul. When I started working at a stable the FIRST thing I knew i had to do right away was scrub their water buckets. If you have never smelled a horses stinky bucket you are very lucky. It smells HORRIBLE!! Like rotten eggs/ sulfur! Stinky snake dish doesn't smell like that but it does smell bad if you let it sit. So thats why I water them every other day and scrub dishes twice a week. <_< I do use reptisafe terrarium water conditioner sometimes but with the purified water it isn't really necessary.
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    Re: How often do you change the drinking water?

    I just noticed that after two days, my bp refuses to drink from the water bowl. So, I have to replace it every other day. Five minutes after I've put the new water in the tank, she's slurping away haha.

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    Re: How often do you change the drinking water?

    Lately I've been having to change everybody's water every day or two. Cu keeps knocking her bowl over (I need go get a heavier one), meaning I don't only have to refill the water but clean the entire enclosure. And I need to change Sangre's (Borneo blood) dish every day or two with really warm water to keep the humidity up.

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    Re: How often do you change the drinking water?

    Quote Originally Posted by Drew87 View Post
    I dont change the water daily, more like every couple of days. But every week the water bowls get a good scrub.
    same here
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    Re: How often do you change the drinking water?

    i change the water everysecond day.. except if its dirty... everytime i change the water i soak it with hot water.. then refill.. but every week i give it a good srub
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    Re: How often do you change the drinking water?

    Once a week for most of them. I have a few males who like to move their water bowls to the warm side of the tub. Whenever I find a water bowl pushed to the warm side I clean it, add fresh water, and put it back on the cool side. I don't agree with putting a water dish on the warm side to increase humidity (there are better ways). I make sure my snakes have fresh, cool water daily.

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    Re: How often do you change the drinking water?

    I do it every day. It just makes me feel better.
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    Re: How often do you change the drinking water?

    Quote Originally Posted by supercinnamon1day View Post
    I do it every day. It just makes me feel better.
    im wit you on that

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    Re: How often do you change the drinking water?

    I feed every 4 days and while the snake is wrapped around the rat i clean out the water bowl. But the time im done its swallowing its dinner. Then i move on the to next tub and repeat. The water bowls get a soapy scrub down inside and out.

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    Re: How often do you change the drinking water?

    I typically just add water as needed during the week. Unless I notice they have messed in it or bedding is in it or what have you.
    On the weekend I scrub the bowel and give fresh water.
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