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Terra Cotta Pot Saucers As Water Bowls?

pridecity

pridecity

Patients took over asylum
Not sure if this has been asked all ready, and I'm being really lazy, so.. I'm posting a new thread.

I was thinking about using the terra cotta pot saucers as water bowls for all the snakes. Is this a good idea or a bad one? Right now, most of them don't have water bowls and I take them out three times a day for water. Bad bad I know. It was one of the reasons I was trying to wait on stopping the co-habbing.

Anyway, terra cotta water bowls good or bad? Any special things to do it them first?
 
Absolutely fine as long as you get the ones that are glazed on the inside, otherwise the water just soaks into the pot fabric. Nice and easy to clean, difficult to tip over and last for years.
 
Okay. And say I can't find the glazed ones. What's the best type of glaze to use and how long would it take to be safe for snakes again? I'm thinking I'll probably go the cheap way and do it myself.
 
Sorry - can't help with that one as I've never glazed a pot, never mind made it snake-safe!
 
I glazed things in middle school that weren't even worth baking, let alone glazing. Who knew that even with a traced out mask it would still come out lopsided?
 
I was thinking... wouldn't good grade glaze be the best to use? I'll have to get a hold of some brands, but shouldn't they work fine?
 
Your snakes don't have water bowls? Please don't wait for experiments with glaze, just go to a cheap store and get anything, plastic dog bowls, glass ashtrays, saucers, just give them access to water.
 
wouldn't good grade glaze be the best to use? I'll have to get a hold of some brands, but shouldn't they work fine?
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It's not just what will make it waterproof, it's whether your glaze or varnish will be non-poisonous to reptiles. I wouldn't risk a DIY job myself.

I agree with Janine - there must be faster ways of doing it if you don't have easy access to glazed terracotta bowls. Snakes should have access to drinking water 24x7.
 
To coat a clay type pot properly (including terra cotta) you need to use the right type of coating fire it in a kiln. anything normal coating would prolly chip more over time and then you have potentially poisonious bits in with your snake.

I think there may be a couple specialty coatings made for that type of thing (waterproofing clay pots) but i don't know if their poisonious or not. or where you would find them :/

Id say its better to spend the money and get a proper water dish.
 
My snakes are like my kids. The first one I got - he has high-dollar hides, custom resin branches, $10 water bowl. All color-coordinated to look like a forest. My seventh snake? Pastel dollar-store gift box hides. Branches from outside. Dollar-store flat-bottom bowl for water. And she likes her setup just as much as #1 likes his!
 
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