Bottle or Tap???

[tiny_tiger60978]

Hey guys. Just wondering...do you put bottled water or tap water in your snake's water bowl? I use bottled water- didn't want to risk all the chemicals that usually come along with tap water...

[bsash]

Well, in my area we have pretty good tap water, so I use the tap water. If I lived somewhere where the tap water was not that great, I would use filtered or bottled water.

[ballpythonluvr]

I have very hard water where I live so I have the Brita Filter and I give my snake water from the filter.

[tsdsbd]

i use tap, the water isnt wonderful, but it is drinkable.

[Brstin2flames]

I use tap water and my water is very hard. I've been thinking about whether it might be bad for my snake or not... I mean, its drinkable, doesnt have a horrible taste or anything but just pretty hard. Does anyone have input on if its ok to use hard tap water?

I have a Brita pitcher that we keep in the fridge, I could use that but the water is obviously cold and I didnt know if it was ok to fill the snakes bowl with very cold water.

[jonesy72]

i have a R/o in our house ..so i use that . we do have decent tap .just personal pref i guess.. if you where thinking of buying water.. i have found at some car washes have r/o drinking water for sale or even the food store. prob
has the water station ..the car was cost wash 3 bucks for 5gals ..

[jfreels]

Tap, for everything.

[Pip]

If you're worried about the chlorine and fluoride in tap water... Just fill a pitcher and let it sit for 24 hrs. All of that will evaporate.

(I use tap water)

[55Ballin]

I use tap water. I mean if the snake can eat uncooked rodents without getting sick, I'm sure it can handle drinking-safe tap water.

[tiny_tiger60978]

"If you're worried about the chlorine and fluoride in tap water... Just fill a pitcher and let it sit for 24 hrs. All of that will evaporate."

Pretty sure it's bad to leave it out...not only will the Cl and F not evaporate (think of salt water, only the water evaporates leaving the salt behind - even if it was dissolved) plus mold spores/dust could get in the sitting water.

I used distilled water (you can get a gallon of it for like $0.50 at walmart) just in case cuz I have really hard water too. I was just too worried about what all the chemicals could do. I mean, too much chlorine could be bad for humans even...