Pet Corn Snake
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Well for the last 5 months Damien has been getting Tap water, I always thought this was okay, but i just watched a Video about keeping corn snakes, And it mentioned Bottled water thats been DE-chlorinated?
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Tap? Or Bottled?
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tyflier
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De-chlorinated water is best for your snake.
Now...I live in an area that has an extremely low chlorine content in our tap water, so I use tap water, more often than not.
Further(at least in the U.S.) there are NO standards for the production of bottled waters that requires them to be any different than tap water. In other words, just because I paid $2 for a bottle of water does NOT guarantee that it is any healthier for me or my snakes. What I mean is, the industry of bottled water is held to the exact same standards as public resorvoir water supplies. In fact, most often, bottled water contains the same amount of chlorine as Urban tap water, and has simply gone through a filtration process which removes the flavor of chlorine, but not the chemical itself.
If you want truly pure water, use a filtration device on your tap, or use water from a filtered pitcher. That is the ONLY way to be 100% positive that you are not providing any unwanted sediments, heavy metals, or chemicals to your snake. If chlorine is your only concern, you can simply leave a pitcher of water to stand at room temperature for 24 hours before giving it to your snake.
FWIW...I refuse to purchase bottled water for the above reasons. If I MUST use the purest and freshest of waters, I have a filtration bottle that I use. Nothing better than dipping my filtration bottle into a free-flowing mountain stream and drinking it straight away. And I often filter my tap water this way for the snakes, especially hatchlings and "new acquisitions"...
Now...I live in an area that has an extremely low chlorine content in our tap water, so I use tap water, more often than not.
Further(at least in the U.S.) there are NO standards for the production of bottled waters that requires them to be any different than tap water. In other words, just because I paid $2 for a bottle of water does NOT guarantee that it is any healthier for me or my snakes. What I mean is, the industry of bottled water is held to the exact same standards as public resorvoir water supplies. In fact, most often, bottled water contains the same amount of chlorine as Urban tap water, and has simply gone through a filtration process which removes the flavor of chlorine, but not the chemical itself.
If you want truly pure water, use a filtration device on your tap, or use water from a filtered pitcher. That is the ONLY way to be 100% positive that you are not providing any unwanted sediments, heavy metals, or chemicals to your snake. If chlorine is your only concern, you can simply leave a pitcher of water to stand at room temperature for 24 hours before giving it to your snake.
FWIW...I refuse to purchase bottled water for the above reasons. If I MUST use the purest and freshest of waters, I have a filtration bottle that I use. Nothing better than dipping my filtration bottle into a free-flowing mountain stream and drinking it straight away. And I often filter my tap water this way for the snakes, especially hatchlings and "new acquisitions"...
tyflier
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If anyone wants more information regarding the standards of public drinking water supplies vs. production bottled waters, visit seychelle.com. They have an incredible amount of research and data on the subject...
**disclaimer--I am in no way affiliated with nor compensated by Seychelle. I do, however, use their products, and would recommend their filtration devices to anyone willing to try them. Incredible prices, and chock full of useful information regarding water quality standards.**
**disclaimer--I am in no way affiliated with nor compensated by Seychelle. I do, however, use their products, and would recommend their filtration devices to anyone willing to try them. Incredible prices, and chock full of useful information regarding water quality standards.**
jaxom1957
No one can own just one
Our local tap water is heavily chlorinated and tastes awful. I won't drink it, so don't give it to my snakes. Chlorine will dissapate on its own if the water is left standing, so I keep a couple of one gallon jugs on the counter, letting them dechlorinate. I then run the water through a Pur filter if I'm going to drink it. I usually fill the snakes' water bowls from the filtered water, but will use the unfiltered but dechlorinated if I have to.Pet Corn Snake said:
Pet Corn Snake
New member
Thank you : )
Pet Corn Snake
New member
Yea i always do that, even when drinking it myself, you find the first few seconds of water taste really bad, so letting it run Results in a much nicer cleaner water : )
Thanks pliss mate : )
Thanks pliss mate : )
Blue Apple Herps
aka Matthew, PhD
Plissken said:
Same here. If it's safe enough for people to consume, then as far as I'm concerned it's ok for my snakes to consume. These are not some fragile animals who need super special water because they're delicate or anything.
Relentless
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I use ReptiSafe just to make sure that all the chlorine is out of the water
tyflier
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NEVER us distilled water for your snakes. It WILL kill them.Paradox said:Our local tap waters OK, but I distil it anyway to clean out a couple of impurities that might be there. As the things still alive, I'm trusting that it works.
Distilled water is 100% pure, meaning it has no electrolytes, no nutrients, no dissolved minerals, no salts...nothing. This means that when an animal drinks distilled water, it is absorbed into the cells at an excessively fast rate, which leads to ruptured cells, causing, ultimately, the death of your animal.
NEVER GIVE YOUR REPTILES OR AMPHIBIANS DISTILLED WATER!!
Pet Corn Snake
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What is Distilled water? Please explain mate,
Thank you.
Thank you.
tyflier
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Distilled water boiled and allowed to evaporate. The evaporated steam is captured in a cooling area and allowed to liquefy and become water again. ALL of the minerals and nutrients in the water evaporate with the water, but the minerals do not get re-absorbed into the cooling liquid. So the resultant water is completely void of ANY minerals, salts, electrolytes and all the other important stuff that your body requires from it's water.Pet Corn Snake said:
Because there is not a drop of mineral in the water, there is nothing to slow down the absorption rate of the body cells. This means that the water is absorbed into the cells at a pace that is MUCH faster than the body can use or dispel it and get rid of the waste. That means that the cells become "waterlogged" and saturated to the point of rupturing. When all of your body cells begin to rupture, you die.
Pet Corn Snake
New member
So General tap Water That's left for 24 hours on the side is much better then Distilled water? or does all the stuff evaporate from water left for 24 hours?
tyflier
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Distilling water is a complicated process requiring both a heating vat of water, a cooling "coil" of tubing(usually copper), and a collecting container which captures the steam and liquid as it exits the cooling coil. What is captured in the cooling container is distilled. All of the minerals are trapped in the cooling coils and boiling container. The heating container will be empty of water, but will usually have a "ring" of solids left behind by the evaporating water. These rings usually demark the water level at all the stages of complete evaporation. The newly filled cooling container is filled with absolutely pure water, that contains neither harmful nor helpful dissolvents or minerals.Pet Corn Snake said:
Leaving a container of water out overnight will cause minor evaporation through natural process. This will leave the water still in the container free of any rapidly-evaporating components, such as chlorine, but does NOT allow the minerals and other diluted solids, such as salts and heavy metals, to escape the water. Just don't keep the container covered, because if you do, everything that evaporates will precipitate back into the water.
