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I've yet to find a water bowl/container that my boas won't flip over. I see peoples pics, and have tried every dish that I've seen ( ceramic, sloped, you name it) it's almost like an intentional move on there part. So I try a really large container ---- then they sit in the water for days if I let them, even though they already have a hide box. The temperatures aren't too high (85-87 in the hot spot). I wish that I could train them to use a water bottle. Any ideas for me to try? Thanks .

get a bowl, that the sides flair out towards the ground, that would make is verry hard for you boa to flip over.

I have 3 bowls that are sloped and more than a foot wide each. They must've been made for dinosaurs or something.. lol
I had previously used them in my 6' visions with 9 foot Peruvians, Dumerils and Colombians and have never had a problem... heck, they were never even moved over an inch.. nothing!
It just wasn't the easiest thing to take them out and clean them all the time..lol

Email me if you'd like to talk more..
rollojoe@hotmail.com

take care, Joe Rollo - BciJoe
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Thanks and take care - Joe Rollo
'Tis not the stongest of the species that will eventually survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change' Charles Darwin

What I have done to some of my bowls is to make a holder for the bowls.
It is really simple and works great!
#1 get a small bag of tile grout from any hardware store.
#2 mix up some grout place the pile of wet mixed grout on a peice of seran wrap on wood or a work bench.
#3 cover the pile of wet grout with seran wrap or thin plastic, then place your bowl ontop and squeeze the bowl into the tile grout, forming the bowl holder in any desired shape.
#4 when the grout is almost dry, in a couple of hours remove the bowl and top layer of plastic or seran wrap.
$5 let id dry for at least one full day after you made your bowl mold, you can even seal it or leave it as is. when it is completely dry you simply place your bowl back into the hole made from the bowl.

It will not tip over, and the grout makes a good scratching post or shedding post.

I would attach a photo but I did not take a picture of mine yet so...

Use your imagination.

hope that helped.

Nick Gancarz
Boa's Ark c.b.r.

ps I should probably patent the idea....