Hey guys. Just curious about how others do this. I am weird myself and personally refuse to drink straight from the tap, so because of that, I think my animals deserve to have clean and filtered water, as well. But is it really worth it? I have to fill from the filtered fridge, and it takes a longggggg time to fill up my big pitcher I use to fill up all the snakes’ water bowls. Do you think it benefits them healthwise giving them filtered water, or is it pointless and I should just give them water straight from the tap? I live in Covington, KY, right across from downtown Cincinnati, so it is a city and may not have the cleanest water system, but I’m not sure about all of that. Long story short, am I wasting my time, or is it of value to my animals to give them filtered water?
You can use tap water, but you’d need to dechlorinate it. You can use a product like ReptiSafe to do this.
I have a reverse osmosis tap in my kitchen, so that’s what I use for all my animals (and for my own drinking water). If I didn’t have that, I’d probably buy gallons of bottled spring water for my pets to drink. I can smell the chlorine in my tap water, so I don’t really want it anywhere near my animals, even though it would probably be safe with dechlorinating drops. I just don’t really trust my tap water.
I use bottled water. I am from Henderson KY so you are fairly close to my old stomping ground!
Oh I know Henderson! That’s a good 3 and 1/2 hours from me, I think! West of Louisville, I know that lol. Yeah I have honestly been thinking about just going and getting spring water and using that. Probably would be best for them!
I can’t smell chlorine, but that for sure doesn’t mean it’s clean! Maybe spring water in jugs might be the best bet.
I have always used tap water. The only thing I don’t like is the scale build up in the bowls as it evaporates. (Im in a hard water area)
Mine all get tap water. Ours is processed with reverse osmosis now so chlorine isn’t an issue. Back when it was chlorinated, I usually filled a bucket and let it sit for 24 hours before using, which allows the Cl2 to dissipate.