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I've decided that my tuppaware waterbowls are more of a pain than a convenience since they always seem to get knocked over. I want to buy some heavier bowls for adult BPs. Any suggestions as to where I can get some good waterbowls for a fair price? Thanks in advance.

Omaha Vaccine Company www.petsuppliesdelivered.com has a good selection of plastic water bowls in a non-tip design. They are priced from about a dollar to three dollars, made by petmate. Hope i could help, Jon

Why not use the 4" PVC couplers with 16oz deli cups? I've been using them for a few years now and have never had one knocked over yet. quick and easy to change out water too.

Mark

>>I've decided that my tuppaware waterbowls are more of a pain than a convenience since they always seem to get knocked over. I want to buy some heavier bowls for adult BPs. Any suggestions as to where I can get some good waterbowls for a fair price? Thanks in advance.

Some where I read about glueing an old cd to the bottom. I have no clue how well this works, but I just thought I would throw that out there.

~Johnny

hi there,
walmart. they have medium and large non tip h20 bowls for dogs for about .88cents- .97cnts.
they are also lipped on the sides, so pythons can use it as a hide without tipping.

I picked up a bunch of 5" crocks from reptile tubs - they work perfect - no complaints - I think they were $2 or $3 a peice (very worth it). When I needed more tho - I was able to find some cermaic dishes at my local 99 cent store that also work great - but after I bought the ten they had on the shelf that was it, they were out - so that's kind of hit and miss.
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Tosha

"Nihil facimus sed id bene facimus"

11.42.0 Ball Python (Harry and Fluffy and gang)
1.0.0 Angolan Python (Anakin Skywalker)
0.0.1 Green Tree Python (Verdi - yeah I know but my kids love the book)
0.1.0 Bredls Python (Smurfette)
0.2.0 Feline (Pippen and Pandora)
0.0.1 Desert Tortoise (Pope John Paul aka JP )
2.2.1 Fish (1,2,3,4)
0.0.0 frogs rescued from pool skimmer

I too use the 5" croc style bowls from Wal-mart. But I use them differently to save me lots and lots of time. 12 oz. styrofoam bowls (hefty, store brand, whatever) nest perfectly into the 5 oz. crocs. I actually have my crocs bolted to the outside wall of the tub. During my water changes, I simply dump the old bowl, throw it away, drop in a new bowl and fill. The bowls are like 2 bucks for 50, and you only have to clean and sanitize the crocs every few months or when they get soiled.

I use pet bird "seed cups". They have hooks on the back and I simply drill or melt 2 holes in the plastic tub for the wires to fit through. The seed cups are available in a variety of sizes, the snakes can't tip them over, and rat pups (I feed live) can't get into them and muck them up. Easy and cheap and no garbage to throw away to pollute the planet. Way better than crocks.

i use ceramic dishes for some of my snakes and dog/cat water dishes, with sloping sides for better stability for others. all of these i get cheap at a dollar store, a buck each or two for a dollar. i am starting to use wide plastic bowls at the same store for hides, especially with my ball pythons, as they are too big to fit under what i have now, and the water dish is not big enough to fit under either. i do have a large dog water dish that can serve as water dish and hide, but it's too wide to fit into the cage lol [it has a 16'' diameter base, actuallly checked and see it will fit in the new cage i purchased for my ballpython, the old one wasn't as wide as the new one. now that my ball python is a year and half old, close to 900g in weight, she needs a bigger home]

it is amazing what can be found in a dollar store for pet feed dishes and hides, even when not looking in the little pet section. 90 percent of my reptile supplies [non food] are found in the dollar store [dollarama up here in canada, not sure what the states have in way of dollar stores]. feed dishes, water dishes, hides, fake plants, etc.
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