Question for thoes of you that remove water bowls for pairing?

[Bruceweb]

Watched a RDR video on this subject last night..Ralph Davis reckons that he removes them simply to reduce the risk of cross contamination of any viral/bacterial infection by the snakes sharing drinking water..

[reptidude1]

yeah bruce that what i was getting at
now my question still remains- how will they get their moisture?

[shaunwithbite]

i was just going to ask the same question..

i am also having problem.. since i put them in a tub... when i put them together.. they always make a mess... wet paper etc..

right now.. i leave the water bowl.. but change the subtrate to aspen.. i was hoping it will absorb any water if they play around with it..

[Bruceweb]

yeah bruce that what i was getting at
now my question still remains- how will they get their moisture?

Guess that they have to wait til they are seperated again..dont think they need water daily..might be wrong though

[cerastesruber]

snakes can go for a loonnnnggg time without water.. 5 or so days isnt going to hurt.. I leave my bowls in though.

[cerastesruber]

well, now that ive read these other posts maybe i will remove the bowls :p

[Mike Schultz]

A snake with an RI will smear it everywhere... removing the water bowl is just silly. It's like letting two kids with chicken pox play together as long as they don't share drinks.

A ball python can go a few weeks without water... But of course its not recommended... we just leave our water bowls in. No real reason to remove it.

[snakesRkewl]

Too many spilled water bowls means no water during breeding.
If they spill the water I clean it up and remove the bowl till they get separated.
I have a couple big girls that spill constantly and seemingly on purpose, good times

[West Coast Jungle]

A snake with an RI will smear it everywhere... removing the water bowl is just silly. It's like letting two kids with chicken pox play together as long as they don't share drinks.

A ball python can go a few weeks without water... But of course its not recommended... we just leave our water bowls in. No real reason to remove it.

What you are describing is a more advanced case of an RI which I would imagine no one in their right mind would pair together. What you want to protect against is the RI that has not yet been noticed. They dont start out spewing mucos everywhere

But to each his own. One thing for sure is it cant hurt to remove bowl so why not?

[Wonzzer]

yeah bruce that what i was getting at
now my question still remains- how will they get their moisture?

Dude, I only keep my pairs together for nomore then 48 hours. I don't think they are gonna miss their water bowls.