Quote Originally Posted by Aedryan Methyus View Post
I recently started receiving letters from my water company about how they have been finding elevated levels of lead in the drinking water in certain areas of the city due to lead water lines. Apparently, they have already begun replacing lead water lines and are claiming that it is homeowner's financial responsibilities to replace the lines leading into their homes from the property line. I beg to differ, but that's a whole other story! Anyway, I just called the water company and ordered a lead testing kit and I am immediately switching my snakes over to bottled water. Currently, they go through about 3 gallons of drinking water per week on average + however much I use to spray enclosures down when they are shedding. So, that won't be too awful bad, I guess. But, i'm also getting ready to start my own rat breeding program, so the additional amount of safe drinking water i'm going to have to start keeping on hand for the animals is going to sorta suck. Elevated levels of lead can't possibly be very good for reptiles. So far, Dexter is the only one that has shown any sort of digestive problem and I really hope lead isn't the cause, but it's better to be safe than sorry...
I feel your pain about water lines. We had a ruptured water line that just happened to be on the "our" side of the water meter. That was not a pretty ordeal nor a cheap one!

If you are consuming more water than it seem financially feasible for your snakes, an RO system is not that ridiculously expensive and will remove all particulates and contaminates. I had one hooked to an 80 gallon drum for my saltwater tanks. Saves a ton in the long run.