Sandboas and rosyboas do not need to drink hardly at all if well fed. And racks help restrict water loss by limiting evaporation. So why have water in there all the time when they only need it sporadically?



My method for such snakes for the last 5 yrs or so has been the following:



1) Place a med-large bowl of water in the cage, remove it either later that day or the next day. Don't offer it again for a week or two. Trust me, they will survive just fine. In fact, rosies do better this way (where I live anyway).



2) Sometimes when cleaning cages more thoroughly, I will keep a plastic container with about 1/2 inch of water. I place the snake in there while I change the bedding in the cage. If the snake is thirsty, the snake will drink immediately. When Im done cleaning, the snake goes back in the cage.



Prior to the above methods, I found myself changing water all the time for snakes that rarely used it. What is the point of that? The benefit of the new method is no water spills and easier maintenance. Plus having heavy dishes in rack is not the best thing if the rack is thin material.
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Mark

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