Tip proof water bowl?

[BuckeyeBalls]

So my new female has been tipping her bowl like every 15 mins. Wolfy recommended a ceramic crock dish. Well for a massive one was $7 but then i seen this. For $1.65.

I tried to put pressure on the sides to tip it myself and was unable to! What you guys think?

[JLC]

It has a relatively big "foot print" so will take up a lot of floor space. Not necessarily a bad thing, depending on your setup, but something that needs to be taken into consideration. Also, the gaps beneath it will encourage your ball python to crawl UNDER it...and potentially tip it over from that direction.

I like the heavy ceramic crocks...which can sometimes be found at various "dollar stores" for just a couple bucks.

[PitOnTheProwl]

We are using the ceramic dog bowl from petsmart, think it was like $10

[BuckeyeBalls]

It has a relatively big "foot print" so will take up a lot of floor space. Not necessarily a bad thing, depending on your setup, but something that needs to be taken into consideration. Also, the gaps beneath it will encourage your ball python to crawl UNDER it...and potentially tip it over from that direction.

I like the heavy ceramic crocks...which can sometimes be found at various "dollar stores" for just a couple bucks.

Yea the only decent size ones they had was $7. I figure she tips this one ill just give it to one of the others and hide the gap under the aspen for the littler ones

[mpkeelee]

for my bigger girl i use the rock dishes you can get from a petstore. she crawls thru it and drags the water around but she has never spilled it.

and like the others said i would be worried about ur snake going underneath it and spilling it that way.

[papa wyrm]

you could check with schools art departments or a pottery store of some nature, maybe a local artist... or figure out who has a kiln. I'm sure they have deformed stuff or things that kids in class made but don't want...it may even be fun to make em yourself...

[BuckeyeBalls]

haha i may just go and pay $7 for one if it doesnt work haha

Just hate to have to pay $7 for a water bowl lol

[mpkeelee]

ya 7$ is kind of a lot just for a waterbowl but in my mind i see it as worth it cuz i dont have to keep changing and drying the paper in the tubs and if i dont catch it for some reason right away she could get scale rot or something.

[monk90222]

use a 16oz deli cup with a 4" pvc coupler. The coupler is like 2 bucks and the deli cup is about 5 cents a piece.

[grits]

I use velcro to hold it in place. The bigger the ball the bigger the square of velcro we use