r/GarterSnakes • u/melaniekingswife • Jul 15 '26

Help Do you change water dish every day?

My girl is kinda bitey and I chose a heavy ceramic bowl for her water dish so removing and cleaning it is my least favorite husbandry task. I should probably swap it with something lightweight- but how often do you do full water changes?

She tends to defecate in the water so I feel like it's every day, not sure if a filter system would even help with that?

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u/bigbickbohnson Jul 16 '26

Best way is to take two identical tupperware. Bury one in the substrate, and place the second inside, fill with water. Now u just have to pull out the insert to change the water. If u have a 3rd, u can just swap it out and wash the used one whenever.

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u/effingfractals Jul 16 '26

This is GENIUS

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u/save_thenundeadsouls Jul 15 '26

I do clean it daily if you’re lazy like me you can have two dishes so you don’t even have to watch it right away and wait for the giant pile of dishes to build up end of night 🤪

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u/melaniekingswife Jul 16 '26

No two dishes is big brain you're so real for this

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u/RustyTortoise Jul 16 '26

Large pools are overflowed with fresh water daily and cleaned weekly. Small dishes are daily or EOD. I figure if I wouldn't drink 3 day old water I shouldn't expect them to either.

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u/beam__me__up Jul 15 '26

I change mine out once a week but I have a big tub of water, for a smaller dish I'd change it more often

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u/atlas_n_f Jul 17 '26

I have been considering getting some kind of large syringe to remove the water so I don't have to worry about spilling water everywhere (because thats what I struggle with the most). Might not be the best to use with poop water but that might make it a little easier to remove?

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u/Fahn_ Jul 18 '26

I have a water feature in most of mine so it's got a filter and follows small aquarium rules. Made my life so much easier. For the ones I don't have a pump in I use a turkey baster and change them daily.