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I am having a problem with my snakes in their shoe box racks. I have not yet figured out how to get my snakes to stop knocking over their water dish. I am using small tupperware bowls. But I am curious what everyone else uses. I would appreciate any help to keep my snakes dry.
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1.1 Motley het butter corns
0.1 Snow corn
0.1 Okeetee corn
1.0 Anery mutt corn
0.1 Stripe Ghost corn
0.1 Amelanistic corn het carmel
2.1 Colombian Redtails
1.0 Hypo Colombian redtail
1.0 Brazilian Rainbow Boa
1.0 Anery Kenyan sand boa
0.1 Normal Kenyan sand boa

something heavy will be harder to tip. i use a fancy looking rock formation water bowl but something as simple as a ceramic dish should do. just make sure it is large enough for them to soak.

>>I am having a problem with my snakes in their shoe box racks. I have not yet figured out how to get my snakes to stop knocking over their water dish. I am using small tupperware bowls. But I am curious what everyone else uses. I would appreciate any help to keep my snakes dry.
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Use dog water bowls.
The ones with the holes in the sides work great.
The base is wider then the top so they don't tip over and the openings allow the snakes to use the water bowls as hides.
The come in a variety of sizes to fit your needs.
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Corn snakes and rat snakes..No one can have just one.
"Resistance is futile"
Jimmy Johnson
(Draybar)
Draybars Snakes

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they are sold at IKEA for very cheep if there is one near you

dog waterbowls
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jake

my addiction:
0.2 normal ball pythons (lazlo and izzy)
0.1 amelenistic corn snake (maizy)
0.1 blizzard corn (blizz)
1.0 albino cal king (zeus)
0.0.1 wc garter (zim)
hybrid breeders association
hybrid haven

for the hatchlings and yearlings i use "nibble bowls" from petsmart. they are lil plastic bowls for mice or something i guess.... $.99 cent for the small and $1.99 for the medium. i think the large is $3.99 and theres just enough room under each bowl that the snakes can hide under. i also use dog water bowls with holes on each side and my older corns LOVE those. i just make sure the water bowl is large enough to crawl under AND soak in. eventhough i dont have any soakers. hehehe
~kin
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~Sober Serpents~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~SNAKIES~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Corns:
.1 Normal (Gertrude) [just a pet...she started it all]
1. Orange normal (Romeo)
1.2 Miami Phase (Hector, Emily, Charlotte) thanks jeff!
2. Miami Phase part zigzag (Starkey, Mcvitty)[Emilys F2]
1. Amel het Blizzard (Dunesbury) .1 Blizzard (Detta)
1. Classic het Hypo, poss het Amel, Anery (Cobra)
1.1 Classics (Henry VIII, Cassy) [Emilys F1 babies]
.1 Sunglow Amel (Pepperoni)*1. Sunglow coming soon!
1.1 Hypo zig zags poss HET Caramel (Bernard, Abegail)
.1 Hypo HET Stripe (Gracie Lou) 1. Hypo Stripe (Gideon)
1.1 Anery HET Motley (Lleroy, Persia)
.2 Candy Cane (Peaches HoneyBlossom[Just a pet], Tamale)
1.1 Abbotts Okeetee (Albert[Charlottes son], NO NAME)
1.1 Snow (Crickle, Isis) .1 Green Snow (Maya)
1. Caramel poss HET Butter (Topher)
.1 Anery stripe (V) [husbands snake...he named it]
.1 Orange Reverse Okeetee (Lonna)
1.2 Bloodred HET Amel 1. Amel HET Bloodred

Others:
1. Black rat (Willard)
1.1 Striped Cal Kings (Dweezil, Skunky)
1. High-white Reverse Spotted Cal King (Wishbone) *.1 soon!
.1 Albino Stripe Cal King (Eve)
.1 Banana spotted/stripe cal king (Speckle) Thanks Jeff!!!
1.1 Thayeri (Giuseppe[MSP], Cheyenne)
1.1 Creamsicle HET Motley(Orangejello, Genevieve)
1. Creamsicle motley (Montey) Thanks Jimmy!!
1. Albino Striped Jungle Corn (NO NAME)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~LIZARDS~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.1 Blizzard Leopard Gecko(Blitz)
.1? High yellow Leopard Gecko(no name)
1. Bearded Dragon (no name)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~TURTLES~~~~~~~~~~~~
.1 white cheeked mud (Opel)
.1 snapping turtle (Snappy Jaws)

Ceramic, beats the tar outa lightweight stuff. <G> If I use lightweight little 'cups' I use double sided sticky tape, but the ceramic ones are by far the best. I buy cat food bowls at the Dollar Store for my snakes.

>>Ceramic, beats the tar outa lightweight stuff. <G> If I use lightweight little 'cups' I use double sided sticky tape, but the ceramic ones are by far the best. I buy cat food bowls at the Dollar Store for my snakes.

You ever see a snake use a ceramic water bowl as a hide?
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Corn snakes and rat snakes..No one can have just one.
"Resistance is futile"
Jimmy Johnson
(Draybar)
Draybars Snakes

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Yeah I do have to say it I could theoretically, on a small enough bowl, see it being tipped but only if the bowl size was far to small for the snake.

My Brazillian Rainbow boa's spend prolly 80% of the time coiled underneath the water bowl(plastic dogfood bowl) in each of their tanks. It's a dark, tightly confined, temp regulated location that they can't seem to get enough of.

If you get a plastic dogfood bowl with outward angled sides and access holes for which the bowl area is large enough for the snake to submerge and soak then the under area should be large enough for the snake to hide in also. And the weight of the water along with the angled sides prevents any tipping or sloshing of water.

I have found some heavy glass ashtrays at the dollar store that work great, and I have never had one knocked over yet.