Bathing a BP

[Slim]

What? Doesnt all the water in your house pass through the hot water heater? Like sink faucets and showers etc...

Mike, I'm not a plumber, but I'm pretty sure the cold water lines run straight from the supply to the faucets. The hot water lines run from supply to the heater, then to the faucets.

[Mike41793]

Mike, I'm not a plumber, but I'm pretty sure the cold water lines run straight from the supply to the faucets. The hot water lines run from supply to the heater, then to the faucets.

Yes that was my bad. I meant all the HOT water in your house. But why is it bad for you?

[Annarose15]

Yes that was my bad. I meant all the HOT water in your house. But why is it bad for you?

Just a guess, but probably because hot water heater tanks develop HUGE piles of silt/rust/particulate over time that wouldn't normally collect in just a straight pipe. Anyone who has had to drain their tank (it's a pain) has seen the nasty brown sludge that comes out after years of use. That said, I tend to microwave or boil water that I need to have hot for consumption, but more because it's more efficient than draining gallons of water to get to the hot stuff in the faucet.

[The Serpent Merchant]

Yes that was my bad. I meant all the HOT water in your house. But why is it bad for you?

Hot water is much more likely to leach heavy metal from the soldered joints in the pipes.

[Don]

I did a little experiment. I put warm water in my snake rack water bowls, then the next water change, water straight from the cold tap. After using the cold water, the snakes frequently went right up and took a drink right after I closed their tub. If it was warm, they just ignored it. Not sure if it means anything or not, but when I change out the water bowls in my collection it is now with cold. Anyone else notice this?

[Mike41793]

lol i feel like someone maybe should have told me this before... I never give my bps water much hotter than room temp to 85ish degrees so i should be ok though.

[The Serpent Merchant]

lol i feel like someone maybe should have told me this before... I never give my bps water much hotter than room temp to 85ish degrees so i should be ok though.

Chances are that you are ok. I personally only give my snakes water from my Brita filter, but that's mainly because Orlando city water has high levels of chlorine.

[Jay_Bunny]

I always use water straight from the tap. Sometimes I let it sit on the counter in a jug and get to room temperature. I've never given my snakes warm water so I don't know how they'd react to it.

[Don]

I did a little experiment. I put warm water in my snake rack water bowls, then the next water change, water straight from the cold tap. After using the cold water, the snakes frequently went right up and took a drink right after I closed their tub. If it was warm, they just ignored it. Not sure if it means anything or not, but when I change out the water bowls in my collection it is now with cold. Anyone else notice this?

When I said warm, it was between 80 and 85 degrees, not really that warm.

[Slim]

I've always used room temp bottled water from Kroger. I would like to get a Britta filter at some point.