Treating water (reptisafe)

[Bogertophis]

All I know is I wish I had the vision many years ago to start bottling water and people would buy it from me. Greatest legal scam ever invented. But hey if it makes people feel better thinking they are getting healthier water at the same time they are chewing on a Big Mac and searching Google deciding what vape machine to buy next. Priceless.

I partly agree with you...there are plenty of scams with bottled water. So-called "spring water" has often come directly from a tap, so not only are you paying more, but
you're creating more pollution (plastic bottles), most of which aren't recycled... In case no one's noticed, our planet is getting more crowded...we need to address all this.

I've been using tap water for my snakes, but I've considered treating with Reptisafe, because while my tap water is considered safe* to drink, that doesn't mean that
it's equally safe for our much smaller pet reptiles, whose bodies may be less equipped to handle chlorine & other chemicals added. *For that matter, not all are in agree-
ment that it's good for us either (especially when you factor in fluoride & other things). My tap water (both here & in previous locations (other state) carries footnotes
that suggest those with compromised immune systems should perhaps not drink it or check with their doctors, so it's not as if our water is "perfect", it's only that it's con-
sidered safe for the average healthy humans. I think this is a helpful discussion, and the smaller a snake is, the more we might want to think twice about serving tap.