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Can anyone suggest a large water dish with a realistic look (IE: not plastic, looks like (or is) real rock), or tell me what I could use to seal a DIY water dish? I was looking at the Exo-Terra X-Large water dish, but then I saw a few in person and they still look really fake. I am trying not to spend $15 on a water dish, so all the epoxys I can find are pretty much out of the question. I have seen some really nice looking Rock bowls, but I can't seem to find them now. Keeping in mind this is for a 4' girthy ball python, does anyone have any ideas?
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"Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are." - Kurt Cobain

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~~ Krystal ~~

I'm probably not a big help here, but "naturalistic" for who? If it was for the python, your cage would be a tub of dirt, some grass and a burrow with a hot sun-lamp above it, and some farmland for an African village nearby. No rock waterfalls, ponds or anything like that. So you might as well use a plastic bowl.. very sanitary and easy to clean. You can also just ignore this post.
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Mark

Pretty much for me. I just want it to be a good display. Not for Ka, he seems to be ok with paper towl and a dog dish hiding in a fruit snack box. But he does win in this by getting more space and a better heat gradient.
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"Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are." - Kurt Cobain

"You laugh at me because I am different; I laugh at you because you are all the same."

~~ Krystal ~~

There's a water dish in almost any pet store that looks like tan rock, but it's around $15. To me it's easier to just buy the thing than trying to build one or make something look like it. It's big enough for my burm to drink from and I now have it in a cage with 2 balls. I know sometimes money can be tight, especially when raising teenagers, but $15 ain't much. Hassle free and out the door.

P.S. They also have some weight to them and the base is slightly larger. I really like mine.

DZ

I think you are talking about the same one I saw... do they have the little "emergency excape steps"? I put a plus sign after the $15 but it didn't show up. I haven't seen any other realistic looking ones in the pet stores though.
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"Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are." - Kurt Cobain

"You laugh at me because I am different; I laugh at you because you are all the same."

~~ Krystal ~~

Yep, but only in one small spot. They are the best I've used so far and the burm doesn't tip it over.

DZ

I would also stick with the ones from the stores. If you get a piece of real rock, then you're going to have to seal it with an epoxy..or a glaze coat type finsh..thats an added $10...plus rock is expensive. the reason it needs to be sealed is because it's a fairly porous material.
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I guess I am stuck with the ones from petstores, I was just hopeing someone had a better brand for me, the exo-terra ones just look fake to me. I know I have seen some really nice looking ones with a sort of marbled sandstone look to them, but now I can't find them anywhere. I wasn't planning on getting real rock and making a bowl, but I did consider making one out of the same things I will be making the fake rock walls out of, but in the cost of epoxy, I just don't see it being worth it. Thanks for the imput, and if anyone thinks of a better bowl, let me know!
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"Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are." - Kurt Cobain

"You laugh at me because I am different; I laugh at you because you are all the same."

~~ Krystal ~~