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this is for the first time breeders or newbies w/babies
often baby snakes will dehydrate and being somewhat,how shall i say,,,stupid!,,, cant or wont go directly to a water bowl, they just dont know, i theorize in the wild many neonates will often just drink dew in the mornings w/some finding resivours to drink from at anyrate cbb babies dont really have an option, so dont forget to show hatchlings the waterbowl several times in the first few months of hatching(i even have to dunk some repeatedly till they catch on!)they will realize eventually what a waterbowl is and some neonates find it on their own w/no problems at all others need to be shown, sometimes repeatedly, so just a lil reminder dont forget the H2o,,,,,
thomas davis

Nice tip, thanks!