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Ball pythons and well water ?

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I don't know if this is the correct place to post this but I had a question that I'm hoping people can help me out with!

I recently purchased a new house which runs on well water and I will be moving in in the next few weeks. When I purchased the house I had to do a water test and the test came back high on nitrates (Acceptable level is 10PPM mine came back at 13 PPM) After extensive research the only thing I can find is that pregnant women and young children should not drink in excess anything over 10 PPM.

Any thoughts if this will be okay for my ball pythons? I figured its very borderline to the 10 PPM and my first thought is I shouldn't worry however Id rather be safe than sorry. If anyone has any experience with this or thoughts please share!

Thanks for your time!
 
Your fine, I have well water as well. The only adverse effect I'd in the water bowls, you will see lots of calcium lines after awhile
 
Even though I'm on city water it's hard as a rock so I have a softener, which gives it an off taste. I run all of the drinking water for the family and two German shepherds through a Big Berkey water filter. They're not very expensive considering how long they last - mine is almost 20 years old and still works.

If you don't have hundreds of snakes then having enough filtered water on hand every day shouldn't be a problem. Also you may want to use filtered water for yourself and your other pets.

Is there any other filtration system in place, like for sediment?
 
I installed a reverse osmosis under sink system for drinking water up stairs. Snakes will be downstairs I also have 3 German shepherds. Just curious if I should be worried about the 3 ppm that the water was over for nitrates. Thanks for the input guys!
 
killswitch33 said:
Just curious if I should be worried about the 3 ppm that the water was over for nitrates.
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Your earlier post seemed to indicate that you felt the difference was inconsequential...
Consider this.
10 ppm is a miniscule amount, when one actually thinks about it; and that is considered the maximum acceptable level for nitrates. 13 ppm, while it seems a small difference, represents a 30% increase. That doesn't seem quite so small.
Some information:
https://safewater.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/sections/202346267
 
I've read where people have readings of 40 or 50 ppm which is 30 or 40 ppm over the allowable so it seemed miniscule compared to that but yes I realise it's a 30 % increase. My big question is weather or not nitrates are harmful to snakes. Or if anyone has experience or input with this.
 
killswitch33 said:
I installed a reverse osmosis under sink system for drinking water up stairs. Snakes will be downstairs I also have 3 German shepherds. Just curious if I should be worried about the 3 ppm that the water was over for nitrates. Thanks for the input guys!
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I wouldn't worry about it for washing. For drinking you could always fill water bottles upstairs to top off their bowls.
 
killswitch33 said:
My big question is weather or not nitrates are harmful to snakes. Or if anyone has experience or input with this.
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As I have stated before, from experience, no. I have used well water for 6 years now and no adverse effect on adult ball pythons, or babies. If YOU feel it's a problem, then by all means filter it, or buy jugs of water.
 
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