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One of my biggest peeves is that daily my corn snake and BTS kick tons of substrate into their water dishes. Now that isn't a big deal because I change the water daily anyhow but I hate having to dump out that soggy bedding into my trash and let it sit for a week or flush it and having that cause problems with my apartment plumbing. Does anyone know of a decent way to keep bedding out of the bowls?

Right now I put the bowls on a piece of tile but they just push the bedding onto that and then into the bowl. :unhappy:
 
kepster57 said:
One of my biggest peeves is that daily my corn snake and BTS kick tons of substrate into their water dishes. Now that isn't a big deal because I change the water daily anyhow but I hate having to dump out that soggy bedding into my trash and let it sit for a week or flush it and having that cause problems with my apartment plumbing. Does anyone know of a decent way to keep bedding out of the bowls?
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Using dog water bowls, the molded plastic type that is hollow underneath, seems to help. As far as the plumbing goes, dump the water dish through a colander either down the sink or into the toilet; throw the solids into the rubbish bin and you shouldn't have any more clogs.
 
I also use the colander system, I have a colander that fits on top of a 5 gallon plastic bucket. When changing water I dump the old water through the colander catching any debris and retaining the water in the bucket. When finished I pour the water down the drain and empty the colander debris in the garbage.
 
I noticed that didn't really answer your question. From observation, the higher your water bowl the less bedding it seems to accumulate. I would purchase a water bowl with relatively high sides.

Or perhaps, take the garbage or more often ;-)
 
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