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Warm water?

Joje126

Joje126

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Just remembered another piece of advice I was given after I got my first corn. I was told that the drinking water should never be ice cold - or too cold at all for that matter, and that instead you should always fill the dish with luke warm water.

It made sense to me since they are cold blooded animals, and water too cold could lower their body temp, at least temporarily. But Ive never heard any mention of it here.

Thoughts?

;)
 
no matter what temp you make the water, it equilibrates with room temperature within a few hours anyway (unless you place the bowl over the UT heater).

Typically it is recommended to put cold water in the bowl so that the snake has a place to go to if things get too hot (it happens to me, if the sun comes out and beats in on my reptile room AND it's a warm day I'll come home to find my little guys in their bowls cooling off). If you take that safe guard away you run the risk of keeping things too warm.

Remember, these guys are east coasters not tropical snakes, err on the side of too cool BUT but don't hold extreme's over a long peroid of time.

MORAL OF THE STORY: Keep a healthy temperature gradient of hot and cold and let them worry about exactly what temp they need to be.
 
What I do is to keep a jug of water in my snake room, and put 5-6 drops of GSE in with it. This way the water is room temperature and it allows some time for the chlorine gas to dissipate from the water.
 
Same here. I go through 4-5 gallons per feeding and I try to have them ready and waiting a couple of days ahead of time.
 
We have a brita-type water filter in our fridge. I just fill up a gallon with that, and it will warm to room temperature by the time I need it for my snake. Usually for the snake, I have a smaller water bottle, that I fill from the gallon and keep next to the snake tank, so I can easily pour it in. I noticed that it is very tricky to pour water from a gallon into the tank without spills, way easier with a little bottle.

I also use the water for my betta fish, I use a little bit of water treatment for that, but I don't think it is necisary after the filtering, and sitting.
 
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