Do you have a dishwasher that will wash 1000 water dishes a week or the time to hand wash 1000? I don't and won't judge those that don't either. And where does all the soapy water go that's required to clean that many? How green is that?Originally Posted by Morphie
Without a controlled study that provides evidence that snakes who drink from disposable cups are spared a significant risk in comparison with those who drink from ceramic bowls, i will continue to think of people who use disposable as incredibly selfish, and will favor the less wasteful breeders.
If you're referring to the big breeders that i know, you're also talking about people who feed their snakes live prey. While i have no problem with that, there is a risk associated with it, which they are happy to take. I don't think it's a matter of risk mitigation with the waterbowls so much as convenience. A dishwasher makes the risk a non-issue anyway, and it's cheap and easy to use, so there really is no excuse for all the waste.
Hopefully they at least recycle.
I personally will be moving to the disposable deli cups soon myself, and I have a very modest collection.
I'm also not sure your point on live prey - I also feed live, always have. I haven't seen any risk in feeding live - over 3000 live prey fed off and not one injury - pretty low risk in my sampling.
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