Do you give your snakes tap water?

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Is distilled water safe to use when misting? A lot of systems and humidifiers recommend it, but I think about snakes like GTPs that might prefer to drink droplets of sprayed distilled water over water from a bowl...How do people handle this?

You don't want your snakes drinking ONLY distilled water, but it's better for misting because it doesn't leave hard water stains everywhere. I don't think you need to worry about a snake that drinks SOME distilled water, as long as that's not ALL they drink? That's a great question...for snakes that mostly drink droplets, if that was my situation I'd probably alternate them. I think you should start a specific thread for this...I don't keep any snakes this applies to & like you, I wonder what other keepers (of GTPs etc) are doing? They might not find your question so easily buried in this thread?

with snakes like GTP, you can wet their food to ensure they're getting good hydration with every meal. snakes also absorb water through their skin; i don't think crested geckos absorb water through their skin.

this is a really good questions definitely deserving of its own thread, OP.

EDIT: i wonder what @Sauzo thinks