We switched the water supply for our boas several months ago to bottled water, that we tested for chlorine (chloramine) level. There have been no obvious physical or behavioral changes in any of our animals, however we still feel somewhat better about giving it to them given boas sensitivity to environmental conditions.

In the case of Gloria, I believe that either she had a genetic susceptibility to health issues or it was just plain bad luck. We keep our collection of around 50 boas in exactly the same conditions and so far, Gloria is the ONLY one to die. This is not to say that there may not be others, time will tell on that issue.

You appear to have done extensive research regarding water quality and I thank you for it. I may copy and save the text from your post as reference material. I appreciate your thoughts and especially your comments regarding Gloria. The pathology report should be back in a couple weeks, so I will report the findings, which I suspect cannot be linked to water supply but like I said, we have switched water supplies anyway just err on the side of caution.

Denny Rimes

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