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pooping in water dish

Hmm....I don't think I've had that problem before either. Anytime one of mine has ever gone in the water dish, I clean it out with a little bit of bleach water and then let the bowl air out. Doesn't take very long to do and I've never noticed a smell afterwards.
 
What kind of a dish are you using?

I suspect that if you're getting an odor the dish may be of a slightly absorbent material, you're waiting way too long to wash it out, and/or you're not thoroughly cleaning the dish afterwards.

Wash the dish out immediately when you see something like this happen, for the safety of your snake. If the snake wants to drink, the snake is going to drink the water, regardless of what's in it. How would you like to drink water that's been soaking with your own feces?
When you wash the dish out out, use diluted bleach instead of just rinsing it out. Scrub it thoroughly and rise it a couple times and wipe it out before filling it with water and putting it back in the cage.
I sometimes use antibacterial wipes to clean but I prefer to use bleach and I know a lot of snake owners do too.

You may want to get a new water dish. If it's maintaining a smell, it's probably not fully clean and may never be. When/if you get a new one, I'd get a different kind--one that won't do this so you don't have to repeat this process.
 
I run all my bowls through the dish washer. The high temps in there will kill most everything.
 
id say if a lil bit of soft soap and hot water wont fix it. get a new bowl. preferably glass type or plastic if need be. what are you using now?
 
Its one of those plastic-that-looks-like-rock types...I have been looking for a glass one, but haven't found one I like.
I don't leave poop in her dish on purpose, I do have to work and sometimes she does it during the day, or overnight. What am I supposed to do, put a poop alarm in her water dish? Come on...you can't tell me that you all catch and clean up a poo immediately...I was just asking for the best way to get the smell out...thanks to the person who suggested bleach, as that was my first thought.
 
Yes, bleach water and a good rinsing should get any smells out. It's what I use on all of my viv furnishings. My amel just loves loves loves to take poos on her warm hide which is plastic and it immediately goes for a soak in a sink of bleach water, rinsed 2 or 3 times and wiped down. I've never noticed a smell. Give that a shot. And see if it doesn't work for you. My one corn has the same type of water dish as you are describing and his gets washed out the same way.
 
wade said:
I run all my bowls through the dish washer. The high temps in there will kill most everything.
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Ditto. All my food/water bowls go through the dish washer regularly after getting scrubbed out and rinsed in the sink, whether they're dog dishes or reptile dishes.

If there's poop in a water dish, I switch it out immediately, scrub it down, and toss it in the dishwasher. I've never had any problems with smelly dishes, but then I only have one fancy "fake rock" pet store dish.
 
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