Dented eye/eye cap? help

[norwegn113]

I've only seen one of my balls drink from a water bowl once, ever.

They get most of their liquids from their food. I'm not suggesting they do anything, i was merely disagreeing with what they said because it wasn't entirely true.

I have 13 snakes and all of them are very active with the water dish, from the ball pythons that just love daily fresh water to the boas that love to soak in their dishes.

[Mike41793]

Your humidity is probably low if your snakes are drinking/soaking daily. I'm talking about ball pythons only here, boas are entirely different.

[satomi325]

Mike is absolutely correct.
If your snakes are feeding regularly, they do not need water to hydrate themselves.
They get all of their essential liquids from their food.

The whole watering dish ad-lib is a luxury of captivity. And if your snakes are drinking daily, you're probably not feeding often enough or your enclosure isn't humid enough....


Imagine the number of BPs in Africa making daily runs to the watering hole..... It's probably close to zero.

[Mike41793]

Imagine the number of BPs in Africa making daily runs to the watering hole..... It's probably close to zero.

Wait so there aren't water bowls in every termite mound and rodent burrow that are cleaned and refilled daily...?

[PitOnTheProwl]

I don't know about humidity. I haven't been able to get another hydrometer so I took the one on an old tank off. Unfortunately, though, the adhesive had come off so I just set it in a corner in the substrate. I spray his tank every day but I'll have to wait a bit to see where the hydrometer is at. As for water, since he is housed in a 55 gallon tank, I have two water dishes for him, both of which I clean daily so water availability isn't a problem.

Remember when I mentioned how hard it is to keep balls in that huge tank?
To get the humidity up you will need to
#1 cover about 95% of the top
#2 add a couple more heat pads under the tank
#3 put more water bowls over the new pads
#4Get digital gauges so you know exactly what is going on in that tank.

[norwegn113]

Wait so there aren't water bowls in every termite mound and rodent burrow that are cleaned and refilled daily...?

Mike i was merely posting what my snakes do...you dont need to be a smart!

[Mike41793]

It comes naturally.

It could be possible that i was also trying to help, you may not see it that way though because you focused on the sarcasm lol.

[crepers86]

I had a snake that drank all the time out of her water dish, her tub stayed well hydrated and never skipped a meal

[satomi325]

OP: You can do a few things to boost humidity.

1) Cover 90% of the screen top with plexiglass, a damp towel, or taped down tin foil
2) use humidity retaining substrate (coco husk or cypress mulch)
3) Get a wider water bowl. The larger the surface area, greater the evaporation. (And move over the hot spots)
4) If you have a lamp, get rid of it. It sucks humidity out like a sponge
5) Make a humid hide. Get a plastic Tupperware and cut an entrance hole into the lid. Line the Tupperware with damp moss or paper towel. This will be a humid micro-climate where the snake can go into it whenever it needs some extra humidity. This will save the effort of trying to maintain the whole tank.

her tub stayed well hydrated and never skipped a meal

You must have one really healthy tub ;P

None of mine will drink or eat.

[Andybill]

For those who are not familiar with Mike's sarcastic nature, the basic idea behind having a water bowl in the enclosure is to give the snake the option of having a water source to drink from and to help keep the humidity up in the enclosure.