I was just wondering if you any of you all put anything in your tap water to get the chlorine out before you give it to your snakes. I know it depends on where you live because different places have different levels of chlorine in the water. I personally live in a place with slightly higher levels so I let the tap water sit for 24 hours before it give it to my snake because apparently that helps lower the levels a little bit. I guess anything is better than puddles they would be drinking out of if they were in the wild.
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Tap water and snakes
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jet_set_willy
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I use bottled still water, its so cheap why risk giving them that chlorinated rubbish out the tap!
The chlorine in tap water burns the gills in freshwater fish so you have to use products such as Tap Safe to de chlorinate it.
If it does that to fish what could it be doing to our little noodles?
The chlorine in tap water burns the gills in freshwater fish so you have to use products such as Tap Safe to de chlorinate it.
If it does that to fish what could it be doing to our little noodles?
DollysMom
It never gets old!
I get the chlorine out by using a Brita pitcher. My coffee water and my snake water come from the same place, lol. The only caveat is to change the filter religiously every two months as recommended. Otherwise you risk building up bacteria in the filter, and of course the filter loses its effectiveness.
Zombiegirl
New member
I also give my snakes water from the tap, but the water up here tends to be better than other places. I have a hard time drinking bottled water myself, personal reasons...but they all seem to do just fine on it
axis1
Fuhgeddaboudit!!!!
Hey Willy! How ya been?
I know I'm not the best person to debate a topic like this, since I smoked cigarettes for 40 years (ran 6 NYC Marathons while nearing the end of those 40 years, mind you), did a whole lotta pharmaceuticals and processed by-products of psychopharmaceuticals up till the age of 30, used all sorts of chemical flavoring enhancers (i.e., aspartame, Splenda, etc.) for as far back as I can remember, and I've been drinking NYC tap water all of my life. I personally think it's the best and only drink Poland Spring because my wife likes it and when on the go, it's just easier and doesn't taste like paint thinner.
That being said (I've already LOST all the tree-hugging, Eastern medicine, haters of most-things-Western and I really don't care), I do admit to using a product call Reptisafe, the label of which claims to remove chlorine & chloramines from tap water but the reason I use it is that it is supposed to add essential electrolytes, including calcium, it removes ammonia and helps prevent its accumulation and also reduces pH. Just 2 drops per cup of water is supposed to do the trick. I don't know if it really works, but I've been using it for 8 years with my adult corns and when they drink they drink for 2-3 minutes at a time. (Wonder of that made any of the tree-huggers who stuck around happy). :eek1:
However, your point about fish is not a good example, because what fresh water fish use water for is for the equivalent of breathing in animals with lungs. In addition, I've known people who keep fish for more years than I'd like to remember in NYC tap water just by letting it sit for 24 hours and although the fish can't speak, they have kept for years beyond their typical life span. Never saw any double-headed guppies spawned from NYC tap water, though I can't say that for our areas rivers and streams and have heard rumors that upstate, near the Dow Chemical Plants, there HAVE been sightings of several different species of salt- and fresh-water fish that have sprouted tentacles, odd-looking growths with independently moving digits resembling human toes and in some cases, fur!
However, back to the topic: Unless I'm dampening sphagnum moss for a lay box or for anything coming in contact with eggs, I use good, old-fashioned NYC tap water! (BTW, my yearling, OZZY, who hatched one year ago today - I started a thread in the Corn Snake Photo Gallery entitled "Happy Hatchday Ozzy!" - came from a clutch that I used tap water with EVERYTHING, including the moss which held the eggs he came from! And he seems to be fine! Just weighed in at 155grams prior to eating an adult mouse today and 171grams after!).
Just my .02!
Zombiegirl
New member
axis you crack me up!! I love reading your posts lol...
axis1
Fuhgeddaboudit!!!!
So long as you're not living in Flint, Michigan, I think you'll be fine!
oke:Hi Zombiegirl!! How ya been?
Zombiegirl
New member
Nope, definitely not in Flint!
axis1
Fuhgeddaboudit!!!!
Glad I have achieved my goal of entertaining at LEAST one person a day!! :nyah:
(I actually just read one of your posts in another thread and it seems we were cross-posting each other!! (HEY! That sounds a little kinky! I LIKE THAT! See, I can even entertain MYSELF sometimes!!!).
daddio207
THUG FROG !
Whether I lived where we had city water or well water I have always used bottled.
At 69 to 99 cents a gallon it is cheap enough to make it a viable option even with my large collection of reptiles and amphibians. I like the fact that the brand I use is micro filtered, ultraviolet and ozone treated. Also the brand is truly from local springs.
At 69 to 99 cents a gallon it is cheap enough to make it a viable option even with my large collection of reptiles and amphibians. I like the fact that the brand I use is micro filtered, ultraviolet and ozone treated. Also the brand is truly from local springs.
axis1
Fuhgeddaboudit!!!!
Whether I lived where we had city water or well water I have always used bottled.
At 69 to 99 cents a gallon it is cheap enough to make it a viable option even with my large collection of reptiles and amphibians. I like the fact that the brand I use is micro filtered, ultraviolet and ozone treated. Also the brand is truly from local springs.
Good point, but that's a LOT cheaper than water here, but that's only because my wifey is finicky and HAS to have Poland Springs! Can't really argue with water from local springs. Only local springs around here are near Coney Island or the Gowanus Canal, which if you stick your hand in right now, you will come up with an eggplant! I'm NOT kidding either!!
axis1
Fuhgeddaboudit!!!!
Premature Transmission!
Sorry, before I ended my thought, I hit ENTER by accident and what I wrote got posted immediately! Good thing I was just doing THIS and NOT having SEX, whereby SOMEONE would be VERY unhappy! But just for a little while (I HOPE!). ((Then again, especially lately, I would be the ONLY ONE who's unhappy!))
BACK ON TOPIC: I was just going to say that NYC tap water is amongst the best in the nation! Anyone buying spring water while living here is just doing it because they're lazy, like me (I just like to grab a ready-made bottle of water rather than have to go through the hassle of cleaning a refillable bottle and refilling it all the time and LOSING at least three or four per week - I think I have an early onset of dementia or something. I can be in denial about it but like they say, DENIAL is just a RIVER in EGYPT!), or they're paranoid and think a little lead and chlorine is gonna KILL ya or something! (Sorry for the tangential thinking, but I can't seem to remember where I put my Ginko, not to mention my Adderall and Ritalin!!) :crazy01:
In any event, I hope you all have fun filtering your water and spending money on spring water!! Too bad you don't live in NYC, where the best chlorinated tap water is available 24/7!!! I just LOVE NY!!! My little sneaky ones seem to love it also! But I change their water DAILY (I understand if someone's away for a few days but I don't understand why people don't change their snakes' water if they are actually THERE with them on a daily basis. I realize it's labor intensive for folks with large collections or breeders, but for folks like me who own under 20 of 'em, aren't they worth it?).
(Again, sorry for addressing 3 or 4 different topics, but I'm just listening to the voices in my head!!!)oke:
Sorry, before I ended my thought, I hit ENTER by accident and what I wrote got posted immediately! Good thing I was just doing THIS and NOT having SEX, whereby SOMEONE would be VERY unhappy! But just for a little while (I HOPE!). ((Then again, especially lately, I would be the ONLY ONE who's unhappy!))
BACK ON TOPIC: I was just going to say that NYC tap water is amongst the best in the nation! Anyone buying spring water while living here is just doing it because they're lazy, like me (I just like to grab a ready-made bottle of water rather than have to go through the hassle of cleaning a refillable bottle and refilling it all the time and LOSING at least three or four per week - I think I have an early onset of dementia or something. I can be in denial about it but like they say, DENIAL is just a RIVER in EGYPT!), or they're paranoid and think a little lead and chlorine is gonna KILL ya or something! (Sorry for the tangential thinking, but I can't seem to remember where I put my Ginko, not to mention my Adderall and Ritalin!!) :crazy01:
In any event, I hope you all have fun filtering your water and spending money on spring water!! Too bad you don't live in NYC, where the best chlorinated tap water is available 24/7!!! I just LOVE NY!!! My little sneaky ones seem to love it also! But I change their water DAILY (I understand if someone's away for a few days but I don't understand why people don't change their snakes' water if they are actually THERE with them on a daily basis. I realize it's labor intensive for folks with large collections or breeders, but for folks like me who own under 20 of 'em, aren't they worth it?).
(Again, sorry for addressing 3 or 4 different topics, but I'm just listening to the voices in my head!!!)
oke:
daddio207
THUG FROG !
Our local water IS Poland Spring Water !!!! :nyah: :grin01:
axis1
Fuhgeddaboudit!!!!
Holy Hydrophobia! You mean POLAND SPRING is NOT in POLAND? (Actually don't know whether that is GOOD or BAD news, but it kinda makes me feel like I did when I learned that my "Made in the USA" automobile AND computers BOTH had components inside with labels stating that they are "Made in Japan!" THIS realization made by ME, a person who once had a T-shirt which read, "I'd rather have a sister in a whore house than a brother on a Honda!").
What's the sense of going on anymore? :headbang:
daddio207
THUG FROG !
Holy Hydrophobia! You mean POLAND SPRING is NOT in POLAND? (Actually don't know whether that is GOOD or BAD news, but it kinda makes me feel like I did when I learned that my "Made in the USA" automobile AND computers BOTH had components inside with labels stating that they are "Made in Japan!" THIS realization made by ME, a person who once had a T-shirt which read, "I'd rather have a sister in a whore house than a brother on a Honda!").
What's the sense of going on anymore? :headbang:
YUP :grin01:
Well actually Poland Spring Water comes from 8 springs located in the great state of MAINE with the original in Poland Maine! They kinda circle around were we live.
"You Meet the Nicest People on a Honda,"
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